A Comparison of Measurement of Stability and Predictors of Special Education Burnout and Work Engagement
Abstrak
Special education teacher (SET) stress and burnout is a significant problem. A total of 490 special education teachers were surveyed across the United States. The purpose of this study was to (a) assess and compare three measures of burnout/work engagement, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI), and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) and (b) examine change over the course of a school year that coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. Significant measurement quality issues were observed for the MBI and OLBI, including questionable convergent validity. Burnout of SETs was found to be highly stable for the MBI and OLBI. Teachers experienced little mean change in burnout over the school year, and perceptions of the effects of COVID and demographic and school variables were generally not predictive of change in burnout for any measure. Implications are discussed.
Penulis (4)
Lisa Ruble
Christopher J. Cormier
John McGrew
David M. Dueber
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2024
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 3×
- Sumber Database
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- DOI
- 10.1177/07419325241265979
- Akses
- Open Access ✓