Determinants of Burnout among Teachers: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies

Dragan Mijakoski, Dumitru Cheptea, Sandy Carla Marca, Yara Shoman, Cigdem Caglayan, Merete Drevvatne Bugge, Marco Gnesi, Lode Godderis, Sibel Kiran, Damien M. McElvenny, Zakia Mediouni, Olivia Mesot, Jordan Minov, Evangelia Nena, Marina Otelea, Nurka Pranjic, Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum, Henk F. van der Molen and Irina Guseva Canu
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Dragan Mijakoski: Institute of Occupational Health of RNM, WHO Collaborating Center, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia
Dumitru Cheptea: Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2004 Chisinau, Moldova
Sandy Carla Marca: Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland
Yara Shoman: Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland
Cigdem Caglayan: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, İzmit 41001, Turkey
Merete Drevvatne Bugge: National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), 0363 Oslo, Norway
Marco Gnesi: Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Lode Godderis: Department of Primary Care and Public Health, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Sibel Kiran: Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Institute of Public Health, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey
Damien M. McElvenny: Research Group, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
Zakia Mediouni: Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland
Olivia Mesot: Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland
Jordan Minov: Institute of Occupational Health of RNM, WHO Collaborating Center, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia
Evangelia Nena: Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
Marina Otelea: Clinical Department 5, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
Nurka Pranjic: Department of Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum: National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), 0363 Oslo, Norway
Henk F. van der Molen: Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Public and Occupational Health, Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Irina Guseva Canu: Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-48

Abstract: We aimed to review the determinants of burnout onset in teachers. The study was conducted according to the PROSPERO protocol CRD42018105901, with a focus on teachers. We performed a literature search from 1990 to 2021 in three databases: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Embase. We included longitudinal studies assessing burnout as a dependent variable, with a sample of at least 50 teachers. We summarized studies by the types of determinant and used the MEVORECH tool for a risk of bias assessment (RBA). The quantitative synthesis focused on emotional exhaustion. We standardized the reported regression coefficients and their standard errors and plotted them using R software to distinguish between detrimental and protective determinants. A qualitative analysis of the included studies ( n = 33) identified 61 burnout determinants. The RBA showed that most studies had external and internal validity issues. Most studies implemented two waves (W) of data collection with 6–12 months between W1 and W2. Four types of determinants were summarized quantitatively, namely support, conflict, organizational context, and individual characteristics, based on six studies. This systematic review identified detrimental determinants of teacher exhaustion, including job satisfaction, work climate or pressure, teacher self-efficacy, neuroticism, perceived collective exhaustion, and classroom disruption. We recommend that authors consider using harmonized methods and protocols such as those developed in OMEGA-NET and other research consortia.

Keywords: burnout; predictors; exhaustion; teachers; occupational health; prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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