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."