Influence of Social Support and Motivation to Help on Burnout in Mexican Teachers

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https://doi.org/10.22544/rcps.v44i02.04

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Burnout, motivation to help, social support, job stress, teachers

Abstract

Burnout syndrome is a work-related health issue that particularly affects teachers. Lack of social support at work and motivation to help have been identified as predictors of Burnout. Main purpose was to assess the development process of Burnout according to Gil-Monte’s model (2005), taking into consideration social support at work and motivation to help as antecedents and health problems as consequences in a sample of Mexican primary school teachers. 698 non-university Mexican teachers were evaluated using the Spanish Burnout Inventory (SBI), the “Communal Orientation” scale, and the UNIPSICO Questionnaire for Social Support and Health Problems. Social support and Motivation to help showed significant negative effects on Burnout, with significant mediating effects of Indolence on Guilt and Health problems. Empirical support was obtained for Gil-Monte’s (2005) Burnout model. Interventions should be developed to promote social support and motivation to help among Mexican teachers.

Author Biographies

Pedro Gil-LaOrden, Universitat de València, València, España

Master's degree in Human Resource Management and Organizational Development. He is a junior researcher at the Psychosocial Research Unit of Organizational Behavior (UNIPSICO) at the Universitat de València. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in Psychology Research. He is an active researcher in the field of Occupational Health Psychology. His research focuses on work-related stress and its consequences for the health of workers and the effectiveness of organizations, with particular attention to burnout, workplace harassment (mobbing) and its consequences, and technostress. He is a member of the Spanish Scientific Society of Social Psychology (SCEPS) and the Official College of Psychologists of the Valencian Community (COP-CV).

Cristina Pilar Fuentes Jiménez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.

She holds a degree in Psychology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a diploma in Strategic Human Talent Management. Her professional and academic career has focused on the study of burnout and other phenomena associated with workplace well-being. She currently works in recruitment specializing in the IT sector, where she integrates knowledge of organizational psychology and strategic talent management for personnel selection and development.

Sara Unda-Rojas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

Doctor (PhD) in Social psychology. Full Professor (Level B) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in the Faculty of Higher Studies Zaragoza, Psychology Department. Her main lines of research are the study of psychosocial risk factors and burnout syndrome in different worker populations, health and work in teaching, and stressful working conditions. She is the author and co-author of scientific articles on these topics and is responsible for research projects in programs funded by UNAM.

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Gil-LaOrden, P., Fuentes Jiménez, C. P., & Unda-Rojas, S. (2025). Influence of Social Support and Motivation to Help on Burnout in Mexican Teachers. Costa Rican Journal of Psychology, 44(2), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.22544/rcps.v44i02.04

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