Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between teachers' psychological resilience and their burnout levels. The sample group of this study, in which the relational survey model, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used, consists of 354 teachers selected by random simple random sampling method from a total of 4523 teachers working in public primary, secondary and high schools in Istanbul province Bağcılar district in the 2019-2020 academic year. Personal Information Form, Burnout Scale and Psychological Resilience Scale III-R regarding the demographic data of teachers were used as data collection tools. After the normal distribution of the data was understood, the analyzes were performed by independent t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation tests. As a result of the analysis, a negative and significant relationship was determined between psychological resilience and burnout. On the other hand, psychological resilience of teachers does not differ according to gender, marital status, branch, school level; significant differences were determined according to age, seniority and length of service at school. In addition, burnout in teachers differs according to gender, age, seniority, branch, school level; it was found that there was no difference according to marital status.

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