TEACHER BURNOUT SYNDROME, COPING STRATEGIES AND SELF-EFFICACY

It has been showed by many studies that the burnout syndrome is highly prevalent among teachers and thus protective factors are needed to search. Based on previous research, we expected that teacher self-efficacy and positive coping strategies could be two of them. Since the mutual relationship between all three variables - burnout syndrome, self-efficacy and coping strategies - have not been deeply examined yet, the purpose of our study was to find out whether the coping and the self-efficacy are interconnected and whether they predict the level of the burnout syndrome. The study used a correlation design with three instruments - Shirom-Melamed Burnout Scale, SVF78 and Czech Teachers Self-Efficacy Scale. The analysis supported the close relationship between burnout, self-efficacy and coping among Czech grammar school teachers. The strong connection was found between negative coping and burnout symptoms.