Academic burnout among trainee teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Effect of sociodemographic factors

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1 Laboratory of Education, Environment and Health (EES) at CRMEF Rabat / Sale /Kenitra, Morocco

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چکیده

BACKGROUND: The trainee teacher seems to be more and more faced with frustration andstress during the training phase, caused by accumulation of requirements and duties, making themsusceptible to the risk of burnout. The purpose of this work is to study the academic burnout of traineeteachers at the Rabat‑Sale‑Kenitra region’s Regional Center for Education and Training Professionsduring the COVID‑19 pandemic.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven hundred thirty‑nine trainee teachers responded to aself‑questionnaire comprising the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Student Survey scale in its Frenchvalidated version, as well as stress factors during the academic year 2020–2021. Both inferentialand descriptive methods of data analysis were used to represent the effect of sociodemographicvariables on burnout levels during the COVID‑19 pandemic.RESULTS: In agreement with the literature, most of trainee teachers show moderate and high levelsof academic exhaustion; the main stressors presented are financial instability and training overload,and the level of study influences the scale of burnout among trainee teachers.CONCLUSION: The result of this study can serve as a predictor of academic burnout amongMoroccan trainee teachers.