Investigation of Burnout Levels of Turkish Physical Education and Sports Teachers in Terms of Various Variables

The present research aims at determination and evaluation of burnout levels of Physical Education and Sports Teachers who worked in Izmir Province, Turkiye in terms of some variables. Maslach Burnout Inventory developed by Maslach and Jackson (1981) was used in order to explore burnout levels of Physical Education and Sports Teachers during the data collection phase. 100 volunteer Physical Education and Sports Teachers (46 female and 54 male) who worked at both state schools and private schools participated in the study. For the data analysis; percentages, arithmetic means, Mann-Whitney Test, Kruskal-Wallis and Pearson Correlation Test were used. As the result of the research, it was found out that female Physical Education and Sports Teachers had higher burnout levels compared to male Physical Education and Sports Teachers and those who worked at state schools experienced relatively higher levels of burnout levels compared to those who worked at private schools. And also, there was a significant correlation between professional rank and personal achievement subscale (p 0.05).