Temperament structures as risk factors for teachers’ stress and burnout

The purpose of the study was to identify such temperament features and systems of temperament features which constitute a risk factor for stress and professional burnout of teachers. It was assumed that stress and burnout are related to increased emotional reactivity and perseverance as well as decreased endurance and that is possible to single out such temperament structures which predispose to these phenomena. 110 teachers from 9 elementary schools of the Poland took part in the research. In order to measure stress, professional burnout and temperament features the following questionnaires were applied: PJSQ, MBI-II and FCB-TI. It was concluded that high level of stress and burnout tends to coexist with strong emotional reactivity and perseverance, low endurance, and “sensitive” type of temperament