Burnout among Married and Unmarried Women Teachers

Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization or reduced personal accomplishment that can occur among individuals who do "people work" of some kind. It is a response to the chrome emotional strain of dealing extensively with other human beings particularly when they are troubled or having problems. The aim of the present study is to find out the burnout status among women teachers and in addition to find out the difference if any between married and unmarried teachers regarding the experience of burnout. Maslach and Jackson (1981) scale was used to measure burnout.A sample of 300 women teachers(150 married and l50 unmarried teachers)was taken in the present study. Results elucidated that unmarried teachers are more vulnerable to burnout as they are more emotionally exhausted and depersonalized and have reduced personal accomplishment in comparison to married teachers. But the interesting thing is that both married and unmarried teachers experience below than average level of burnout.