What is it about?
Teachers may refer to people inside and outside the school to find support. Our study addressed different sources of support: family, friends, colleagues, supervisor. We studied, for each source, its role in influencing teacher burnout and work engagement.
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Why is it important?
By knowing that family is usually felt as the first source of support, we can organize our interventions better, for example by fostering workplace support, improving communication among colleagues and principals, promoting a supportive, compassionate culture in schools. This would be particularly important in case of teachers with weak or strained relations with their families.
Perspectives
We need to better address teacher burnout risk and engage more in understanding and intervening on how they feel at school. While having a private support network is fundamental for each of us, we can aim at working in a safe, supportive, compassionate context. I hope this article would contribute to research and interventions in this direction.
Ilaria Buonomo
Libera Universita Maria Santissima Assunta
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This page is a summary of: Family and nonfamily support in relation to burnout and work engagement among Italian teachers, Psychology in the Schools, February 2019, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/pits.22235.
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