The relationships of primary school teachers' burnout levels to perceived stress, psychological hardiness and academic optimism

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationships between the burnout levels of primary school teachers and perceived stress, psychological hardiness and academic optimism.This is a descriptive study in which relational survey model was used. A total of 406 teachers, employed in 20 primary schools in central districts of Ankara, participated in the study. The data used in the analyses were collected via four scales entitled The Burnout Measure by Pines and Aronson (1988), The Perceived Stress Scale by Cohen, Kamarck and Mermelstein (1983), ?Personal Views Survey III-R? by Maddi and Khoshaba (2001), Academic Optimism of Individual Teacher Measure by Beard, Hoy and Hoy (2009).