Nikitskaya Ekaterina; Markova Svetlana

Empirical study of the problem of professional burnout of teachers working with students with deviant behaviour

Abstract

The article presents results of a study of the level of job satisfaction, as well as of symptoms of professional burnout of teachers working with children with emotional and behavioural deviance in several educational institutions of Moscow. To assess the level of job satisfaction and symptoms of burnout, a questionnaire was used. 65 teachers (51%) work in classes for teenagers with behavioural and emotional deviations, 63 teachers (49%) work in regular classes. The study was based on the prerequisite that those teachers who work with diffi cult teenagers, would have a lower job satisfaction and a higher degree of burnout symptoms. The study has registered that teachers who deal with teenagers with emotional and behavioural deviations more often state that they are more dissatisfi ed with their work than those who teach in ordinary classes. Besides, the study has revealed signifi cant diff erences in the degree of expression of symptoms in each phase of the burnout. The theoretical background of the article is made up by analysis of a range of foreign and Russian sources that contain fundamentals of the topic in question; this has also allowed us to select the most relevant techniques of obtaining the looked-for information.

Keywords

professional burnout, job satisfaction, deviant behavior, psychological well-being of teachers, teacher, student with deviant behavior, empirical research, professional activity, emotional deviations, behavioral deviations, personality deformation

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Information about the author

Nikitskaya Ekaterina

Academic Degree: Candidate of Sciences* in Education;
Academic Rank: Associate Professor;
Place of work: Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia; 12 Akademika Volgina Str., Moscow, 117437, Russian Federation;
Post: associate professor;
ORCID: 0000-0003-3187-6534;
Email: katamax@yandex.ru.

*According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, the degree of Candidate of Sciences (Cand.Sc.) belongs to ISCED level 8 — "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar.

Markova Svetlana

Academic Degree: Candidate of Sciences* in Psychological Sciences;
Place of work: Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education in Moscow; 9/4, Mohovaya Str., Moscow, 125009, Russian Federation;
Post: Senior Research Fellow;
ORCID: 0000-0002-3765-4070;
Email: Clairmarkova@mail.ru.

*According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, the degree of Candidate of Sciences (Cand.Sc.) belongs to ISCED level 8 — "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar.

Acknowledgments

The work was carried out with the financial support of The Russian humanitarian science Foundation, the project №17-06-00796.