A longitudinal examination of the relationship between teacher burnout and depression. Issue 3 (2nd September 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shin, Hyojung; Noh, Hyunkyung; Jang, Yoojin; Park, Yang Min; Lee, Sang Min
• Is Part Of: Journal of employment counseling. Volume 50:Issue 3(2013)
• Page Start: 124
• Page End: 137
• Publication Date: 2013-09-02
• Subjects: Vocational guidance -- United States -- Periodicals; 331.7020973
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00031.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0787

Abstract

Abstract : This study investigates the longitudinal relationships between burnout and depression among teachers. Middle and high school teachers participated in a 3‐wave survey. The results of the latent growth modeling analysis revealed that there was a significant relationship between the initial status of burnout and the initial status of depression. Results also indicated a significant relationship between the change rate of burnout and the change rate of depression. Moreover, the autoregressive cross‐lagged modeling revealed a causal relationship such that teacher's burnout leads to subsequent depression symptoms, not vice versa.