Examination of Work Environment Factors Relating to Burnout Syndrome of Early Childhood Educators in Greece

Autor/in	Rentzou, Konstantina
Titel	Examination of Work Environment Factors Relating to Burnout Syndrome of Early Childhood Educators in Greece
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 18 (2012) 2, S.165-181 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
DOI	10.1080/13575279.2012.657609
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Teacher Burnout; Young Children; Rating Scales; Foreign Countries; Work Environment; Professional Personnel; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Check Lists; Emotional Response; Teacher Characteristics; Interpersonal Relationship; Greece; Maslach Burnout Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Burnout-syndrom; Burnout; Teacher; Teachers; Burnout-Syndrom; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Frühe Kindheit; Rating-Skala; Ausland; Arbeitsmilieu; Personalbestand; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lehrerverhalten; Checkliste; Emotionales Verhalten; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Griechenland
Abstract	Early childhood education is a profession which requires the professional staff to spend considerable time in intense involvement with other people. The pressure from the demands this profession has can create a sense of physical and emotional exhaustion that often leads to burnout. Thus, previous research has linked perceptions of the work environment to burnout. Despite the fact that burnout was identified as a serious concern in the childcare profession over 20 years ago, limited research has been undertaken into the field of burnout in early childhood educators in Greece. The present study, employing the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey and the Parents and Staff subscale of the Environment Rating Scale Self-assessment Readiness Checklist, aims to examine whether there is correlation between the levels of burnout reported by Greek early childhood educators and the level to which the setting meets their needs. Research data suggest that the subscales predict one another whereas only partial correlations were found among the "Emotional Exhaustion" and "Depersonalization" subscales and the ratings in the Parents and Staff subscale. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10