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Table 3 Scores on the three burnout dimensions: comparison with other studies of teachers in Europe

From: Individual and contextual covariates of burnout: a cross-sectional nationwide study of French teachers

N

Population

Localization

Reference

Emotional exhaustion

mean (sd)

Depersonalization

mean (sd)

Personal accomplishment

mean (sd)

2,258

Teachers

France

Present study

18.1 (10.2)

3.3 (3.7)

31.2 (8.6)

100

Primary school teachers

United Kingdom

[13]

23.4 (10.3)

4.6 (4.3)

37.2 (6.4)

365

Mathematics teachers

Netherlands

[14]

14.0 (8.1)

5.6 (3.5)

27.3 (6.4)

100

Primary and secondary school teachers

Greece

[15]

15.0 (8.4)

3.9 (3.4)

39.7 (5.4)

217

Teachers

France

[29]

15.0*

4.5*

30.6*

299

Representative sample of teachers

Italy

[29]

18.5*

3.1*

33.9*

304

Secondary school teachers

Netherlands

[34]

18.2 (1.2)

5.6 (5.4)

34.7 (7.4)

215

id

Greece

[35]

14.5 (10.3)

2.9 (3.7)

37.4 (8.0)

169

id

Italy

[36]

20.0 (13.1)

2.3 (3.7)

35.8 (8.1)

198

id

Spain

[37]

21.2 (11.1)

3.6 (4.1)

31.9 (9.2)

297

id

Germany

[38]

18.5 (9.6)

4.2 (4.4)

32.5 (8.0)

232

id

Finland

[39]

19.5 (10.6)

3.6 (3.9)

32.8 (8.0)

166

id

United Kingdom

[40]

28.5 (11.9)

8.6 (6.6)

29.0 (8.5)

128

id

Belgium

[41]

20.4 (13.3)

4.2 (4.1)

31.3 (9.2)

  1. *Standard deviation not available
  2. sd: standard deviation