Stress and Burnout in Rural and Urban Secondary School Teachers
- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The Journal of Educational Research
- Vol. 92 (5), 287-293
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220679909597608
Abstract
Sources of stress and symptoms of burnout were examined in 51 rural and 46 urban secondary school teachers from 11 school systems in Georgia and North Carolina. Urban school teachers experienced significantly more stress from poor working conditions and poor staff relations than did rural school teachers. Stress from pupil misbehavior and time pressures was significantly greater than stress from poor working conditions and poor staff relations for both rural and urban school teachers. Poor working conditions and time pressures predicted burnout for rural school teachers; pupil misbehavior and poor working conditions predicted burnout for urban school teachers. Results were discussed in relation to designing effective programs to prevent negative effects of stress and burnout.Keywords
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