Professional Burnout Research Articles

IMPACTO DA SÍNDROME DE BURNOUT EM PROFISSIONAIS DE ENFERMAGEM: ESTRATÉGIAS DE PREVENÇÃO E INTERVENÇÃO

ABSTRACTBurnout Syndrome manifests itself from emotional exhaustion resulting from the work environment, associated with a set of individual characteristics of the professional. The case of nurses stands out, who are dedicated to caring for patients, dealing with various conditions and problems, in addition to needing to adapt daily to better serve them. Internal demands, emotional exhaustion and occupational stress contribute to the development of this syndrome. The objective of the research is to describe the impacts caused by Burnout Syndrome on nursing professionals, highlighting the importance of developing prevention and intervention strategies. The methodology used was a literature review, searching for articles and journals that addressed Burnout syndrome in nurses, using specific descriptors to facilitate analysis. The results indicated that work overload, long working hours and constant contact with suffering contribute to the development of professional burnout among nurses. It was concluded that the adoto of effective measures is essential to reduce the impacts of Burnout, promoting balance between professional and personal life, ensuring humanized and highly relevant care for patients.

The impact of patient death on the risk of developing occupational burnout in midwives a preliminary cross-sectional study

The study aimed to assess the impact of experienced emotional states on the risk of the development of occupational burnout in midwives who experienced the death of a patient while on duty. The study was conducted on 54 midwives in Warsaw, Poland. We used the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) and the author’s questionnaire. The average professional burnout level of midwives participating in the study was determined as 5.08 ± 0.67. Helplessness (57.4%) and depression (48.1%) were the most frequently experienced emotions. The number of deaths of patients experienced by the respondents did not affect the severity of burnout (Z = − 0.753; p > 0.05). However, midwives who declared that they had experienced the death of a patient more than 10 times while on duty were more likely to experience a feeling of relief (2.83 vs. 2.00; Z = − 2.30; p < 0.05) and calmness (2.97 vs. 2.24; Z = − 1.95; p < 0.05). The experienced depression positively correlated with the level of exhaustion (rho = 0.465; p < 0.001) and the overall level of occupational burnout (rho = 0.291; p < 0.05). However, it was not correlated with the level of disengagement (p > 0.05). Depression has a significant impact on the risk of developing occupational burnout, which highlights the need to develop and implement effective support methods for midwives experiencing difficult emotions related to the death of patients while on duty.

The Corrosive Effect of School Administrators as Toxic Leaders on Teacher Accountability

Purpose: To examine teachers' views on the corrosive effect of toxic leadership behaviours of school administrators on teacher accountability. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study group of this research, which uses phenomenology as a qualitative research design, was selected using maximum variation sampling method, which is a type of purposive sampling. This group consists of 20 teachers working in 10 public schools in the central district of Isparta. Data were collected from the teachers through a semi-structured interview form. The collected qualitative data were subjected to contextual analysis through MAXQDA software and visualised. The findings show that the majority of teachers reported that toxic leadership has a detrimental effect on teacher accountability. Findings: Toxic leaders, characterised by behaviours such as micromanagement, lack of empathy, and aggressive communication, were found to cause teacher demotivation, alienation, and professional burnout. In addition, toxic leaders erode teacher accountability by creating a negative and insecure organisational climate. Highlights: Toxic leadership behaviours of school administrators are a critical factor that significantly affects teacher accountability. The various dimensions of this impact are as follows: Decreased teacher motivation, psychological safety and job satisfaction, decreased performance and productivity, impeded professional development, stress and burnout. In addition to these, toxic leadership has a negative impact on school climate. A negative school climate leads to a decrease in teachers' willingness to cooperate and be accountable. This can also negatively impact student achievement because lack of co-operation and support among teachers reduces the quality of education. Therefore, it is important for school administrators to exhibit more positive and supportive leadership behaviours to increase teachers' motivation and strengthen their accountability.

Communicative Skills in Medical Students

Positive interaction between the doctor and the patient affects the treatment outcome, as well as the level of satisfaction with healthcare services. Many young doctors experience communicative issues that can lead to negative consequences for all stakeholders. The research featured various problems in shaping communicative skills in medical students. It involved a review of scientific publications, a survey of first-year medical students (n = 20), and an analysis of 40 negative feedbacks from patients. The communicative issues included: lack of eye contact / active listening, misleading mimics, inappropriate intonation / voice volume, violation of private space, insufficient or excessive amount of information, lack of bedside manners / respect for patients. The list of communication skills to be mastered by medical students in order to improve the quality of medical care included: eye contact, self-presentation, active listening, conflict management, strategies of delivering bad news, and conclusion phrases. The data obtained make it possible to identify key aspects that affect the formation of communicative skills in future doctors, as well as to propose methods for its improvement at university level. The authors emphasize the importance of developing communicative skills in future doctors to provide high-quality medical care and prevent emotional burnout in young professionals.

Effect of Emotional Self-Awareness Coaching on Professional Burnout Among Teachers in Public Secondary Schools in Kiambu County, Kenya

Teachers play a pivotal role in the education systems of any nation. Their mental and psychological well-being is critical in achieving positive student educational outcomes. However, professional teacher burnout has been on the rise. Self-awareness is essential to helping individuals connect with their emotional state and how it affects their behavior and those they interact with. This study sought to assess the effect of self-awareness coaching on professional teacher burnout among teachers in public secondary schools in Kiambu County, Kenya. Weiner's theory of attribution and Goleman's mixed model of emotional Intelligence informed this study (Goleman, 1995). Quasi experiment Solomon four design with a target population of 3469 teachers from 277 public secondary schools of all categories in the County was used. Krejci and Morgan's table was used to sample 346 teachers, while eight principals and 40 Heads of departments were purposefully selected for the study. Maslach Burnout Inventory and an interview guide were used to collect data for professional teacher burnout. A training manual was used to coach self-awareness. Validity was achieved through expert advice and piloting, while reliability was established through the split-half method. Paired t-tests and ANOVA were used for data analysis to get the effect size of coaching. The results indicated that self-awareness coaching had statistically significant positive effects on professional teacher burnout at t = 15.779 at df=78, &gt;.001, The effect size (Cohen d = 0.958) was high; hence, emotional self-awareness coaching significantly reduced professional teacher burnout. The study recommended that the teacher employer (TSC) develop programs to equip teachers with self-awareness skills to curb professional burnout, thereby increasing their productivity

Применение медиации в разрешении межличностных и внутрисемейных конфликтов

&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Objective. &lt;/strong&gt;Substantiation of mediation as a popular and effective technology for resolving interpersonal and intra-family disputes. Demonstration of the results of the mediation service functioning in the field of youth policy in Saint Petersburg. &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background. &lt;/strong&gt;Mediation as one of the ways to resolve conflicts in the modern context was formed relatively recently, in the middle of the last century. At the same time, since 2019 in the Russian Federation the mediation procedure becomes an independent socially oriented technology of working with the population. Currently, the domestic experience of using this technology in the public sector requires an independent analysis, the first step of which is an analysis of the activities of the first budget mediation service in Russia. &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Methodology. &lt;/strong&gt;Systemic and subjective approaches, a method of qualitative analysis. &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusions. &lt;/strong&gt;To increase the effectiveness of mediation, we should strive to increase the average number of meetings for each case, take care of the prevention of professional burnout of mediators and expand public awareness of the specifics of this technology in order to reduce the number of inappropriate appeals.&lt;/p&gt;

Occupational burnout of health care workers in a specialised COVID hospital setting

The aim is to evaluate the peculiarities of the development of professional burnout (PB) among physicians of therapeutic and surgical specialties, as well as middle medical workers, specialised red zones, as well as its prediction and prevention in this category of workers. Material and methods. The following groups of medical workers were examined: the 1st group consisted of doctors of therapeutic specialities (GPs) working in the red zone (n=111); the 2nd group consisted of doctors of surgical specialities (MDs) working in the ‘red zone’ (n=61); the 3rd group consisted of nurses working in the red zone (n=29); the 4th group – the control group included workers of engineering, technical and economic specialities not related to work in medical organisations (n=190). Professional burnout syndrome was assessed using the Maslach Burnout questionnaire and V.V. Boyko’s technique of diagnosing the level of burnout [4, 5]. The data were processed using Statistica statistical package by StatSoft (USA). Results. It was found that the work of therapeutic and surgical doctors, as well as middle medical workers of specialised red zones, is connected with the exposure of medical workers to a number of specific risk factors related to the provision of medical care to infected patients, as well as with significant changes in the work regarding aspects related to organisation, safety, which contribute to the increase in the level of stress and the increase in the level of SP. Conclusions. The work of physicians of therapeutic and surgical specialities, as well as middle medical workers of specialised red zones, is associated with an increase in the level of professional stress and the level of SP. It is necessary to continue the research of emotional state of medical doctors and average medical workers working in conditions of extreme epidemic situations with the purpose of timely preventive treatment for preservation of health of medical workers.

Эмоциональное выгорание и поведение в конфликте специалистов органов опеки и попечительства

&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;The article is prepared on the basis of the results of the final qualifying work and is devoted to the study of the relationship between emotional burnout and behavior in conflict among specialists of guardianship and guardianship authorities in relation to minors (hereinafter &amp;mdash; OIP). The participants of the empirical study were 78 employees of the Department of Guardianship and Guardianship of the Department of Education of the Omsk City Administration, aged 22 to 65 years (the average age in the test sample is 40.10 &amp;plusmn; 9.69 years). The average work experience of the subjects was 12.18 &amp;plusmn; 5.41 years. The study was conducted using psychodiagnostic tools: the Thomas-Killman Questionnaire for Identifying Leading Behavior in a conflict situation, the Questionnaire for Professional (Emotional) Burnout (K. Maslach). It is shown that the statistical dependence of the features of emotional burnout with patterns of behavior in conflict is insignificant. The stage of emotional burnout &amp;mdash; &amp;ldquo;emotional exhaustion&amp;rdquo; significantly correlates with the scale of behavior in conflict &amp;ldquo;compromise&amp;rdquo;. For the other two scales characterizing the stages of emotional burnout, there were no significant correlations with the characteristics of behavior in conflict situations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Study of professional burnout among special education teachers in specialized institutions of school and primary vocational education (development determinants, diagnosis, prevention)

Study of professional burnout among special education teachers in specialized institutions of school and primary vocational education (development determinants, diagnosis, prevention)

Sexuality of urologist in training: Does cobbler always wear the worst shoes? Sex AFUF study.

Sexuality is an integral part of well-being. Urologists are a population faced with a significant workload and stress that can affect their sexuality. The purpose of this study is to investigate sexuality in this population and assess factors that may impact it. A cross-sectional study was conducted between May and July 2023 among French urology residents and fellows. Data was collected through an anonymous questionnaire sent by the French Association of Trainee Urologists (AFUF) via email. Out of 445 members of the AFUF, 196 trainee urologists responded. Among them, 130 young urologists, accounting for 66% of respondents, were satisfied with their sexual life, and 123 (63%) respondents reported having one or more sexual encounters per week. In univariate analysis, factors significantly impacting the level of sexual satisfaction were gender (p=0.029), level of job satisfaction/well-being (p<0.01), level of professional burnout (p<0.001), and the existence of a romantic relationship. Young urologists are mostly satisfied with their sexual life. Gender, level of job satisfaction/well-being, and level of professional burnout are significant factors impacting the level of sexual satisfaction.

Validity and reliability study in undergraduate healthcare students towards the solution of a neglected problem in working life: Attitude scale towards patients with chronic pain.

Chronic pain is the type of pain that healthcare professionals frequently encounter. Health care students' attitudes towards pain management are not sufficient and this negatively affects their chronic pain management. When students cannot manage the chronic pain they will experience professional burnout, depersonalization, and a decrease in compassion and empathy in patient care. Therefore, the first step in improving health care students' attitudes towards patients with chronic pain is to determine their attitudes. This study aims to test the validity and reliability of the Scale for Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes towards Patients with Chronic Pain (HCPAPCP Scale) in healthcare students. This quantitative study was conducted with 205 health care students in January-February 2022. Data were collected online with Personal Information Form and the HCPAPCP Scale. To determine the reliability of the scale, internal consistency and test-retest, and for construct validity, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were performed. The results of the exploratory factor analysis showed that the two-factor scale consisting of 18 items, the factor structure, and the distribution of factors in items were the same as the findings of the original scale. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was 0.88 for the first factor and 0.74 for the second factor. Test-retest reliability was 0.60. In confirmatory factor analysis, the model had a good and acceptable fit. We found that the HCPAPCP Scale was valid and reliable in healthcare students.

A Study on the Mediating Role of Work-Family Conflict in the Effect of Workload Perception on Professional Burnout of Employees in the Energy Sector

Abstract Previous research could not yield consistent results concerning the relationship between workload perception and dimensions of professional burnout. The present work examines the mediating role of work-family conflict (WFC) in the relationship between workload perception and the dimensions of professional burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment). The population of this study consists of employees employed in 21 electricity distribution companies operating in the energy sector in Turkey. 221 usable data were obtained through the survey method. The data were tested with the SmartPLS 4 analysis program. The analysis found a significant positive relationship between workload perception and emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and WFC. However, no significant correlation between workload perception and lack of personal accomplishment could be identified. Moreover, the study results confirmed a significant positive relationship between WFC and the three dimensions of professional burnout. Considering the mediating relationships, it was revealed that WFC plays a complementary partial mediating role in the relationship between workload perception and emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Likewise, the full mediating role of WFC in the relationship between workload perception and a lack of personal accomplishment was confirmed. This research contributes significantly to literature and practice by showing that lack of personal accomplishment develops when workload perception turns into WFC.

Application of Career Management in Improving the Job Satisfaction of Civil Servants

As the backbone of the nation and society, the work satisfaction of civil servants holds paramount significance in enhancing the quality of public services. However, in recent years, the civil service system has encountered challenges such as talent attrition and professional burnout, leading to an overall decline in job satisfaction. There is an urgent need to identify effective management strategies to ameliorate this situation. The concept and practice of career management can provide systematic support and guidance for the development of civil servants. Through clear career planning and personalized development opportunities, civil servants can not only discover avenues for realizing their self-worth but also bolster their sense of belonging and accomplishment in their work. Fostering awareness of career management will not only contribute to the enhancement of civil servants' professional competencies but also ignite their passion for public service, thereby significantly improving overall job satisfaction.

Correction of professional burnout of health workers in the process of mindfulness-based training

Background. The article reviews the problem of testing the in-person version of the burnout reduction program "OsNOVA" for health workers.The aim of the work. To present the results of the program immediately after its completion and to study the sustainability of the effect.Materials and methods. As part of the program testing, 49 doctors and nurses were interviewed. The following methods were used: Maslach Burnout Inventory; Lazarus and Folkman Inventory of Coping Strategies; Beck Depression Inventory; Perceived Stress Scale 10; Short Form 12 questionnaire; mindfulness questionnaires.Results. It was found that when implementing a program to reduce the level of professional burnout in medical workers, held in-person, there is a statistically significant decrease in those subjects whose burnout was initially high. This is accompanied by an increase in mindfulness (primarily such components as Non-judgmentalism, Observation and Awareness of Actions), productive coping strategies. Health workers with a relatively low level of burnout had an improvement in a number of indicators reflecting the burnout level, as well as an increase in the quality of life. The effect achieved by the program persisted for at least three months after the end of its active part.Conclusion. The "OsNOVA" program in an in-person format can be used to prevent professional burnout of health workers. Additional work is planned for its further improvement.

Validation of the Turkish Version of the Professional Fulfillment Index

Introduction: Clinician burnout represents a significant occupational hazard among physicians, with a notably high prevalence among emergency physicians. The Stanford Professional Fulfillment Index (PFI) was developed to comprehensively assess various aspects of doctors’ work experiences, including professional fulfillment. In this study we aimed to validate the Turkish version of the PFI (T-PFI), a 16-item instrument designed to measure physicians’ professional fulfillment and burnout. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we validated the T-PFI in two phases. The initial phase involved translating and culturally adapting the original PFI into Turkish. We evaluated the content validity of the translated version using item and scale content validity indices (I-CVI and S-CVI, respectively). The validated T-PFI was then distributed among a broad cohort of emergency physicians via an online survey to further assess its reliability and validity. The assessment tools included Cronbach α, confirmatory factor analysis, and content validity indices. Results: Of 1,434 physicians who were sent the survey, 425 fully completed it (29.6%). There was an almost equal distribution of 215 females and 210 males. Only 9.6% of the participants reported high levels of professional fulfillment, whereas a significant majority (79.1%) were susceptible to burnout. The Cronbach α values for the professional fulfillment and overall burnout scales were 0.87 and 0.90, respectively. The content validity was confirmed by I-CVI values exceeding 0.80 and an S-CVI/average relevance of 0.92. The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated an acceptable model fit after adjustments. Conclusion: The T-PFI is a reliable and valid tool for assessing professional fulfillment and burnout among emergency physicians in Turkey. Effective interventions to mitigate burnout are essential to improve physician well-being in Turkish healthcare settings.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Teacher’s Turnover Intention

Aim. The purpose of this article is to review past research trends and explore emerging research directions on teachers’ turnover intentions. Methods. The authors used the co-citation method and bibliometric analysis using VOS Viewer software to review 137 publications mentioning teachers’ intention to leave. Results. The results of the co-citation analysis show that there are 4 main topics, while the results of the bibliographic coupling analysis show that there are 6 main topics in the study of teachers’ intention to quit. From there, it shows that future research trends can focus on specific teacher populations more likely to consider quitting and explore how various factors influence their intentions. Improving teachers’ professional environment to reduce professional burnout and increase job satisfaction is also an interesting future research aspect. Conclusions. In conclusion, this study contributes to the understanding of the literature by classifying studies on teachers’ turnover intention and identifying significant patterns through bibliometric method. However, the study’s limitations, as analyses rely solely on citations, potentially introduce biases; the interpretation of researchers in determining topics may lead to exclusions of emerging trends due to insufficiently gathered publications.

Взаимное влияние условий и оплаты труда на потребность системы здравоохранения в медицинских работниках

Healthcare quality depends on medical personnel, i.e., motivation, professional burnout, work-life balance, etc. The authors used standard research methods to investigate the relationship between performance, staff turnover, salary, and motivation in healthcare in various federal districts. The hypothesis was that the high workload and a disproportionate payment system reduce the motivation, which increases staff turnover and leads to shortage of qualified personnel. In this research, stronger labor intensity indeed contributed to lower motivation of medical personnel and triggered staff turnover. The labor intensity correlated with the level of staff turnover, but no correlation was revealed between the labor intensity and the wages. The article explains the need for a more effective labor rationing system and a more rational workload distribution.

Impact of a collaborative model on community clinician confidence in child and adolescent mental health care, wellbeing, and access to child psychiatry expertise.

The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an increase in child and adolescent mental health disorders, with subsequent worsening of patient access to specialist mental health care. Clinicians working in the community were faced with increased demands to diagnose and manage pediatric mental health disorders, without always having the confidence and knowledge to do so. We therefore developed COnnecting Mental-health PAediatric Specialists and community Services (COMPASS)-a collaborative model designed to upskill community clinicians in child and adolescent mental health care and provide them with better access to child and adolescent psychiatry expertise. COMPASS comprises (1) an online Community of Practice (CoP) with fortnightly one-hour sessions covering: anxiety; aggression and challenging behaviours; depression; self-harm and suicidality; eating disorders; and autism spectrum disorder/complex cases and (2) primary and secondary consultations for general practitioners and paediatricians with an experienced child psychiatrist. We aimed to assess the impact of COMPASS on community clinician self-reported confidence in: managing common child and adolescent mental health disorders (Objective 1, primary outcome); navigating the mental health care system (i.e. knowing how services are organised, accessed, and how to refer patients, Objective 2); diagnosing conditions (Objective 3); prescribing psychotropic medications (Objective 4) as well as the impact on, clinician practice and wellbeing (Objective 5) and outcomes of patients referred by COMPASS clinicians to the child psychiatrist (Objective 6). We evaluated COMPASS in its first year, with COMPASS running from March to July 2021. Participating clinicians completed pre-post surveys evaluating change in Objectives 1 to 4 above, using study-designed measures. A purposive sample of clinicians was then invited to a semi-structured interview to understand their experience of COMPASS and its impacts on practice and wellbeing (Objective 5). We adopted an inductive approach to the qualitative analysis using the Framework Method. This involved selecting five random transcripts which were double coded and categorized, to generate an initial framework against which all subsequent transcripts were analysed. Themes and subthemes were generated from the data set, by reviewing the matrix and making connections within and between clinicians, codes and categories One child psychiatrist completed a 2-week logbook of the nature and outcomes of primary and secondary consultations (Objective 6). 51 (86%) clinicians attended CoP sessions and completed pre-post surveys, with 92% recommending COMPASS to peers. Clinicians reported increased confidence in the pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of all conditions, most notably for management of self-harm. They also reported increased knowledge of how to navigate the mental health system and prescribe medications. Qualitative analysis (n = 27 interviews) found that COMPASS increased clinician wellbeing and reduced feelings of professional isolation and burnout. Over the 2-week snapshot, the child psychiatrist consulted on 22 patients and referred all back to the community clinician. COMPASS is associated with improved clinician confidence to manage child and adolescent mental health concerns, navigate the mental health system, improved clinician wellbeing, and reduced need for ongoing mental health care by specialists.

Temperamental traits, defense styles and professional burnout among psychotherapists

Aim of the studyIt was decided to examine the relationships that exist between temperamental traits, defense styles and professional burnout in a group of psychotherapists. The overarching goal of this study was to examine how defense styles mediate the relationship between temperamental traits and burnout in psychotherapists.Subject or material and methodsEighty-two individuals working in the psychotherapy profession participated in the study. Three psychological tools were used: (1) FCB-TI(R), (2) DSQ-40, (3) OLBI, as well as own questionnaire used to describe the study group.ResultsThe conducted analyses showed associations between particular variables and allowed to confirm the mediating role of mature and immature defense styles in the relationship between temperamental traits (emotional reactivity, perseverance, endurance, activity) and burnout or at least one of its dimensions. In the case of neurotic defenses, the mediating effect did not occur.DiscussionThe results presented here indicate that temperament traits and defense styles are important variables in the study of professional burnout in psychotherapists. They suggest that certain temperament traits and defense styles may increase or decrease the risk of burnout, and that defense styles mediate the relationship between temperament traits and burnout in psychotherapists. Thus, the research hypotheses presented in the paper were mostly confirmed.ConclusionsBoth education and self-improvement of psychotherapists should focus on strengthening mature defense mechanisms, which have a protective function in the process of burnout development, and eliminating the use of immature defenses, which intensify the relationship between certain temperament traits and burnout. This information could be useful in recruiting future professionals, their training and professional practice.

Specifics of Mental Burnout Manifestation in Rural School Teachers

Introduction. The scientific relevance and social significance of the mental burnout are determined by the maladaptive nature of its manifestations, which have a negative impact on the effectiveness of the professional activity of specialists. At the same time in the scientific field there is a deficit of research revealing the mechanisms of influence of specific conditions of pedagogical activity realization on its efficiency and presenting the consequences of this influence. Objective. To study mental burnout in school teachers working in rural areas. Materials and Methods. The study participants were 184 teachers from schools in the districts of the city of Zabaikalski Krai and Chita. In the process of forming the sample, the questionnaire survey was used, based on the results of which two groups were formed: the first group included 56 teachers from rural schools, and the second group consisted of 58 teachers from city schools. At the stage of empirical research, we used the method of psychodiagnostic testing, which included the method of professional burnout by K. Maslach and S. Jackson in adaptation of N. E. Vodopyanova and V. V. Boyko’s method of diagnosing emotional burnout. The non-parametric criterion of reliability of differences U Mann-Whitney was used in processing the results of the study. Results. It was found that the frequency of occurrence and the degree of severity of mental burnout manifestations are lower in rural school teachers compared to urban school teachers. The dynamics of symptoms in this group is characterized by earlier stages of development and the emerging nature of symptoms, and there is a qualitative peculiarity of the general structure of mental burnout, manifested in the dominance of certain symptoms and the nature of their completeness. Discussion. The analysis of the empirical research results allows us to speak about the peculiarities of mental burnout concerning its frequency of occurrence, degree of expression, and qualitative uniqueness in rural and urban school teachers. The results of the study indicate higher adaptive capabilities of rural school teachers in relation to the development of mental burnout and allow us to outline an effective direction of appropriate preventive work.