Abstract

QUINTERO IDARRAGA, SEBASTIÁN  and  HERNANDEZ CALLE, JONATHAN ANDRÉS. Depression symptoms associated to teachers' burnout syndrome and social and job characteristics in public schools in Envigado (Colombia). Psicol. caribe [online]. 2021, vol.38, n.1, pp.133-147.  Epub Oct 30, 2021. ISSN 0123-417X.  https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.38.1.158.724.

The main aim of this study is to assess teachers' depression symptoms in public schools in Envigado (Colombia) and their association with burnout-syndrome and social and job characteristics. Participants were 194 teachers selected by proportionate stratified random probability sampling. SCL-90-R to evaluate depression symptoms, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and a demographic survey were also used. The results show that 65,8% teachers have depression symptoms and multivariate model identified that burnout syndrome emotional exhaustion component increases the depression symptoms in teachers (OR=4,0, IC=1,67-9,58). The study concluded that the depression is in teachers of high prevalence.

Keywords : depression; burnout syndrome; teachers; education; mental health.

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