الاحتراق النفسي لدى معلمات التلاميذ ذوي صعوبات التعلم في سلطنة عمان

Abstract EN

This study aimed at identifying burnout levels of Omani female teachers working with students with learning disabilities.

The study investigated possible differences in burnout according to the participants' specialization, educational degree, and social status.

It also explored the relationships between burnout and teaching experience, training workshops, and students' economic status.

The sample consisted of 200 female teachers who taught grades 1 to 4 in the Sultanate of Oman.

The researchers used Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI; Maslach & Jackson, 1981) with its three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and feelings of low personal accomplishment.

The findings indicated that the current sample showed low levels of burnout.

These levels of burnout differed based on teachers' specializations (favoring science and math) and educational degree (favoring teachers with a bachelor’s degree compared to those with high diploma) but not based on the teachers’ social status.

Results also showed that levels of all burnout dimensions increase as students' economic status decreases.

No relationship, however, was found between burnout and teachers' experience or training workshops.

Recommendations for teachers of learners with disabilities are offered.

(Keywords: Female teacher burnout, learning disability, Sultanate of Oman).