Burnout And Perfectionism

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Burnout and Perfectionism
In a study by Buyukbayraktar and Temiz (2015) investigated the relationship between preschool teachers’ perfectionism and burnout, sample consisted of preschool teachers working in primary education schools (n=82) in the district of Konya, Turkey. Instruments used in the study included the Maslach Burnout Inventory as well as the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. Results found that the burnout of preschool teachers was at an above medium high level whereas their perfectionism was at a high level. A significant association between the preschool teachers’ burnout with perfectionism in the sub-dimensions of depersonalization and in terms of total scores were also seen. Here, the direct link between perfectionism and

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