Teachers’ wellbeing, affects, and burnout during the pandemic in Chile | Revista de Psicodidáctica (English Edition)

ISSN: 2530-3805

Revista de Psicodidáctica is a six-monthly journal for teachers and researchers, published since 1996, founded and directed by Alfredo Goñi Grandmontagne for twelve years. The journal was first published on-line in 2010.This is a subscription journal, as such that the authors do not pay for the evaluation or its publication. After the final acceptance of the article, the authors may send, within a period of one month, a version of the article in a different language from the initial one; in Spanish, Basque, or other language, if it has initially been submitted in English. And if the article was submitted in Spanish, the second version should be in English.Over recent years it has gradually increased its impact factor in various databases, both in the Spanish and in the international scopes. The Journal publishes scientific works conducted in accordance with the strictest scientific principles which contribute to the advance of scientific knowledge in the field in which psychology and didactics meet and overlap. In particular, it focuses on the meeting of educational psychology and the didactics of different subjects (language, literature, mathematics, social science, experimental science, physical expression, musical expression and plastic expression, etc.).

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact upon teachers across the world. In Chile, the confinement also had a negative effect on teachers’ wellbeing. However, there are no studies assessing teachers' mental health, affect, burnout, or social support during this period. Consequently, our study tested a mediation moderation model with Macro from SPSS in a sample of 635 teachers examining subjective wellbeing with the Pemberton Happiness Index, their emotions using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, their burnout with the Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Burnout Syndrome and their social support with the Social Support Questionnaire-Short Form. The study results suggest that the impact of burnout on teachers' wellbeing is mediated by negative and positive emotions. Additionally, this mediation was moderated by social support levels perceived by teachers. These results confirm the importance of providing additional support to teachers during the Pandemic.

Keywords:

Pandemic

Wellbeing

Affects

Burnout

Social Support

Resumen

La pandemia de COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto negativo en el profesorado de todo el mundo. En Chile, el confinamiento también ha causado un efecto negativo en el bienestar de los profesores. Sin embargo, no hay estudios que evalúen la salud mental, los afectos, el agotamiento o el apoyo social de los profesores durante este período. De esta forma, este estudio ha probado un modelo de mediación moderada con Marco de SPSS en una muestra de 635 profesores a lo largo del país, examinando el bienestar subjetivo con el Índice de Felicidad de Pemberton, sus emociones mediante el Cuestionario de Afectos Positivos y Negativos, su estrés con el Cuestionario para la Evaluación del Síndrome de Burnout y su apoyo social con el Cuestionario de Apoyo Social-Forma Corta. Los resultados muestran que el impacto del desgaste laboral en el bienestar de los profesores está mediado por los afectos negativos y positivos. Además, esta mediación está moderada por los niveles de apoyo social percibidos por los profesores. Estos resultados confirman la importancia de proporcionar apoyo adicional a los profesores durante la pandemia.

Palabras clave:

Pandemia

Bienestar

Afectos

Desgaste Laboral

Apoyo Social