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Personality and Emotional Intelligence in Teacher Burnout

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Reza Pishghadam  and
Samaneh Sahebjam
Reza Pishghadam*
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran)
Samaneh Sahebjam
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Reza Pishghadam. E-mail: pishghadam@um.ac.ir
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Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between teacher's personality types, emotional intelligence and burnout and to predict the burnout levels of 147 teachers in the city of Mashhad (Iran). To this end, we have used three inventories: Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), and Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-I). We used Homogeneity Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression to analyze the data. The results exhibited a significant relationship between personality types and emotional intelligence and the three dimensions of burnout. It was indicated that the best predictors for emotional exhaustion were neuroticism and extroversion, for depersonalization were intrapersonal scale of emotional intelligence and agreeableness, and for personal accomplishment were interpersonal scale and conscientiousness. Finally, the results were discussed in the context of teacher burnout.

En una población de profesores, se investiga la relación entre tipos de personalidad, inteligencia emocional y el síndrome de quemado, tratando de predecir los niveles de dicho síndrome en 147 profesores de la ciudad de Mashhad (Irán). Para ello se emplearon tres inventarios: Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), and Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-I), cuyos resultados se analizaron mediante un Análisis de homogeneidad y regresión lineal múltiple. Los datos mostraron una relación lineal entre los tipos de personalidad, la inteligencia emocional y las tres dimensiones del síndrome de quemado; siendo los mejores predictores del agotamiento emocional, el neuroticismo y la extraversión. Para la despersonalización, el mejor predictor fue la escala de inteligencia emocional y agradabilidad; y para el logro personal, la escala interpersonal y de conciencia. Los resultados se discuten en relación con el síndrome del profesor quemado.

Keywords

emotional intelligencehomogeneity analysispersonality typesteacher burnoutinteligencia emocionalanálisis de homogeneidadtipos de personalidadsíndrome del profesor quemado
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 227 - 236
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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