O excesso da jornada de trabalho do professor e a síndrome de burnout: uma análise dos impactos na saúde psíquica desses trabalhadores

Abstract

The article has the general objective of investigating the impacts of excessive working hours on the mental health of teaching professionals, especially with regard to the occurrence of the burnout syndrome. A review of recent literature and jurisprudence on the topics of interest was undertaken as a method to analyze the possibility of establishing a connection between the precariousness of teaching work, specifically the normalization of long working hours, and the mental exhaustion syndrome associated with work. The main results of the research point not only to the existence of several gaps in research and discussions aimed at detecting burnout syndrome in the working class when it comes to the specific context of teaching work (which suggests the strong possibility of underdiagnosis and consequent absence of specific policies to improve the working conditions of teaching professionals), but also to a tendency towards an increase, in recent years, of precarious working conditions for teachers, which favor the installation of a condition of psychological exhaustion in these professionals.