Influence of Characteristics of Self-actualization and Coping Behavior on Resistance of Teachers to Professional Stressors and Emotional Burnout

The availability of conflicting data in the scientific literature on the correlations between self-actualization, occupational stress and emotional burnout has suggested that the nature of therelationship between occupational stress and self-actualization and emotional burnout maychange due to some other variables, such as coping strategies. The aim of the study is todetermine the nature of the relationship between emotional burnout as a result of occupationalstress with the characteristics of self-actualization and the peculiarities of coping behavior ofteachers. In a pilot study organized by the cross-sectional design, a survey of ۱۰۷ Ukrainianteachers was conducted. According to the purpose of the study, the following diagnostictechniques were used: Victor Boyko's method of diagnosing the level of emotional burnout,version of the Russian-language adaptation of Shostrom's self-actualization test SAT andWays of Coping Questionnaire. The main hypotheses of this study were tested usingcorrelation analysis and analysis of variance. It was found that the severity of burnout isnegatively correlated with self-actualization. In addition, the joint influence of self-actualization indicators and certain coping strategies on the nature of the formation of differentstages of emotional burnout was detected. It was also determined that coping strategies areformed under the influence of two factors. On the one side, it is professional stress and burnout,and on the other side, it is the desire to satisfy the need for self-actualization. The resultsshowed that the predictor of successful adaptation of teachers to the requirements ofprofessional activity are certain characteristics of the personal profile of coping behavior,which have a mitigating effect on stress factors determined by self-actualization. Futureresearch is needed to determine the effectiveness of certain coping strategies on teachers'resistance to occupational stressors and burnout over a longer period of follow-up

Keywords:

Professional stress , Emotional burnout , Coping behavior , Coping strategy , Self-actualization