From: Burnout among Swedish school teachers – a cross-sectional analysis
All teachers | Females | Males | Year of compulsory school | ||||||
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Dimensions | Scale | N | n = 356 | n = 134 | P* | Year 4–6 (N = 153) | Year 7–9 (N = 337) | P* | |
Exhaustion; mean (SD) | 0–6 | 490 | 2.9 (1.4) | 3.0 (1.4) | 2.6 (1.5) | <0.01 | 2.8 (1.3) | 2.9 (1.5) | 0.26 |
High exhaustion; n (%) | 178 (36) | 138 (39) | 40 (30) | 0.07 | 51 (33) | 127 (38) | 0.35 | ||
Cynicism; mean (SD) | 0–6 | 490 | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.8 (1.3) | 0.07 | 1.4 (1.0) | 1.8 (1.3) | <0.01 |
High cynicism; n (%) | 55 (11) | 37 (10) | 18 (13) | 0.31 | 11 (7) | 44 (13) | 0.06 | ||
Professional efficacy; mean (SD) | 0–6 | 490 | 5.0 (0.8) | 5.0 (0.8) | 5.0 (0.8) | 0.65 | 5.2 (0.7) | 4.9 (0.8) | <0.01 |
Low professional efficacy; n (%) | 102 (21) | 73 (21) | 29 (22) | 0.78 | 19 (12) | 83 (25) | <0.01 |