Evaluating the Effectiveness of Using Mobile Application for Reducing Professional Burnout among Teachers
Author(s)
Anastasia A. Kiseleva, Lecturer, Department of Primary and Preschool Education, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-2654, Institute for the Development of Education of the Irkutsk Region
10A Krasnokazachya St, Irkutsk, Russia, 664007, tel: +7 (3952) 500904, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mikhail Yu. Kuzmin, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor of the Department of General Psychology, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7538-8375, Irkutsk State University
1 K. Marx St, Irkutsk, Russia, 664003, tel: +7 (3952) 243244, Associate Professor of the Department of Primary and Preschool Education, Institute for the Development of Education of the Irkutsk Region
10A Krasnokazachya St, Irkutsk, Russia, 664007, tel: +7 (3952) 500904, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. Introduction. The article discusses the problem of testing a mobile version of the mindfulness-based program “OsNOVA” for reducing professional burnout among teaching staff.
Materials and methods. 60 educators with various backgrounds and specializations participated in this study. The following instruments were used: the MBI, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire, the BDI, the PSS-10 Perceived Stress Scale, the SF-12 questionnaire, the FFMQ, and the MAAS Mindfulness Questionnaires. The Student’s t-test was employed in the processing.
Results. It has been confirmed that the average score of students in the discipline taught by a teacher with high level of burnout is significantly lower than the average score of students in the subject taught by a teacher with low level of burnout. It has been established that when implementing a program to reduce the level of professional burnout among teaching staff, presented in a mobile format, there is a significant reduction in burnout in those subjects whose burnout was initially high. This is accompanied by an increase in awareness (primarily such components as Non-Evaluation, Observation and Awareness of Actions), productive coping strategies. Teaching staff with a relatively low level of burnout experienced an improvement in a number of indicators reflecting the level of the latter, as well as an increase in the quality of life. The effect achieved from the program persisted for at least one month after the end of active use of the OsNOVA mobile application.
Conclusion. The mobile application with the online version of the OsNOVA program can be used to prevent professional burnout among teaching staff. Additional work is planned to improve it.
Keywords: burnout, quality of life, mindfulness, mobile application, teaching staff
For citation: Kiseleva A.A., Kuzmin M.Yu. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Using Mobile Application for Reducing Professional Burnout among Teachers. Pedagogicheskiy IMIDZH = Pedagogical IMAGE. 2024; 18 (2): pp. 259-279 (In Rus.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409-5052-2024-18-2-259-279
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409-5052-2024-18-2-259-279
UDС: 159.923.2
The article was submitted to the editorial office on 18.03.2024, approved after review on
29.04.2024, and accepted for publication on 02.05.2024.