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A STUDY OF BURNOUT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN RELATION TO THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING
Mrs. Rajesh Chahal, Dr. Meena
Page No. : 185-189
ABSTRACT
The present study was designed to investigate the Burnout among secondary school teachers in relation to their psychological well-being. Burnout has been treated as dependent variable whereas psychological well-being with its various dimensions i.e. Satisfaction, Efficiency, Sociability, Mental Health and Interpersonal Relations; have been treated as independent variable. Descriptive survey method was employed in the present study. A sample of 200 secondary school teachers was selected using multi-stage random sampling technique. Teachers’ Burnout Scale by Gupta and Rani (2017) and Psychological well-being scale (PWBS) by Sisodia and Choudhary (2012) were used for data collection. Coefficient of correlation was used to analyse the data. Significant and negative correlation was found between burnout and psychological well-being among secondary school teachers. Coefficient of correlation (r) between burnout and satisfaction (as a dimension of psychological well-being) among secondary school teachers is negative but significant. Coefficient of correlation between burnout and efficiency (as a dimension of psychological well-being) among secondary school teachers is positive and significant. It was also found that Coefficient of correlation between burnout and mental health (as a dimension of psychological well-being) among secondary school teachers is negative but significant. Lastly, it was found that Coefficient of correlation between burnout and interpersonal relations (as a dimension of psychological well-being) among secondary school teachers is positive and significant.
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