Research Article

Burnout of early childhood education teachers in Turkey

Volume: 7 Number: 1 October 16, 2018
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Burnout of early childhood education teachers in Turkey

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine burnout experienced by Turkish early childhood education teachers working in public preschools serving children from three to six years. The participants of the study, 869 early childhood education teachers, were gathered through simple random sampling. The data for the study were gathered through Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) which was developed by Maslach and Jackson (1981) and adapted into Turkish by Ergin (1992) was used for the study. Based on independent samples t-test and analysis of variance the burnout experienced by the teachers examined according to various personal and professional factors such as gender, marital status, monthly income, educational level, years of experience in occupation, and age group of children. Findings suggest that teachers' burnout was related with such such factors as geographical region, gender, monthly income, educational level and background, job position, current work experience and marital status of teachers.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 16, 2018

Submission Date

August 29, 2018

Acceptance Date

September 28, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Doğan, O., & Erdiller Yatmaz, Z. B. (2018). Burnout of early childhood education teachers in Turkey. Ergoterapi Ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi, 7(1), 27-40. https://doi.org/10.30720/ered.455868
AMA
1.Doğan O, Erdiller Yatmaz ZB. Burnout of early childhood education teachers in Turkey. Ergoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi. 2018;7(1):27-40. doi:10.30720/ered.455868
Chicago
Doğan, Ozcan, and Zeynep Berna Erdiller Yatmaz. 2018. “Burnout of Early Childhood Education Teachers in Turkey”. Ergoterapi Ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi 7 (1): 27-40. https://doi.org/10.30720/ered.455868.
EndNote
Doğan O, Erdiller Yatmaz ZB (October 1, 2018) Burnout of early childhood education teachers in Turkey. Ergoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi 7 1 27–40.
IEEE
[1]O. Doğan and Z. B. Erdiller Yatmaz, “Burnout of early childhood education teachers in Turkey”, Ergoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 27–40, Oct. 2018, doi: 10.30720/ered.455868.
ISNAD
Doğan, Ozcan - Erdiller Yatmaz, Zeynep Berna. “Burnout of Early Childhood Education Teachers in Turkey”. Ergoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi 7/1 (October 1, 2018): 27-40. https://doi.org/10.30720/ered.455868.
JAMA
1.Doğan O, Erdiller Yatmaz ZB. Burnout of early childhood education teachers in Turkey. Ergoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi. 2018;7:27–40.
MLA
Doğan, Ozcan, and Zeynep Berna Erdiller Yatmaz. “Burnout of Early Childhood Education Teachers in Turkey”. Ergoterapi Ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 1, Oct. 2018, pp. 27-40, doi:10.30720/ered.455868.
Vancouver
1.Ozcan Doğan, Zeynep Berna Erdiller Yatmaz. Burnout of early childhood education teachers in Turkey. Ergoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi. 2018 Oct. 1;7(1):27-40. doi:10.30720/ered.455868

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