Opinions and Perception of Preschool Teachers about Burnout Syndrome

Abstract

The paper presents the results of research, the objective of which was to find out whether kindergarten teachers are informed about burnout syndrome, whether the frequency of use and the degree of effectiveness of preventive measures against burnout syndrome are related to the length of their teaching experience, and what the respondents' opinion is on the sufficiency of the frequency of preventive measures used. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. The questionnaire included a menu of options of preventive measures against SB with a measure of effectiveness to choose from. Spearman's correlation coefficient and the chi-square independence test were used to process the data. The research sample consisted of 182 female teachers from Czech kindergartens. It was found that the effectiveness of only certain preventive measures increases with an extended length of experience. Notably, the length of experience did not yield a statistically significant influence on the frequency of using individual preventive measures, and the respondents expressed contentment with the frequency of their utilization."