Estrés y burnout docente: conceptos, causas y efectos

• Autor: Zavala Zavala, José
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2008
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/1802
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/educacion/article/view/1802
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: teachers stress; teachers burnout; burnout in Latin America’s teachers; effects of the stress; estrés docente; burnout docente; burnout en América Latina; efectos del estrés

In this article the concepts of stress (eustress and distress) and stress coping arereviewed under a transactional perspective mainly, and it is also described the burnoutor syndrome of professional wearing as consequence of the chronic stress. Itis also offered a series of statisticals related to Latin-American teachers’ perceptionsof stress and health conditions, and there is indeed the shadow of a doubt of thepossible suffering of burnout. The stress has direct effects in the physical and psychologicalwell being of the teacher, and simultaneously an impact in the personallife and his/her performance of the educational organization.