Date of Publication

2026

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology major in Clinical Psychology

Subject Categories

Clinical Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Thesis Advisor

Maria Caridad H. Tarroja

Defense Panel Chair

Maria Guadalupe C. Salanga

Defense Panel Member

John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta
Ron R. Resurrecion

Abstract (English)

Burnout among teachers is a growing concern, particularly in the Philippines where educators face demanding workloads, ancillary roles, and cultural expectations of moral integrity and resilience. Grounded in Social Mentalities Theory (SMT), this study reconceptualizes burnout as an imbalance of affect regulation system with threat and drive systems dominating while the soothing system is under activated. Within this framework, self-compassion reflects the activation of the soothing system, while self-coldness reflects the overactivation of the threat and drive systems.

This study adopts a two-study design. Study 1 employs a quantitative survey of Filipino teachers to examine the prevalence of burnout, the predictive role of personal and contextual factors, and the moderating effects of self-compassion and self-coldness on the relationship between burnout and mental health outcomes such as depression, anxiety, and stress.

Moderation analyses reveal that self-compassion buffers the effects of burnout on anxiety and stress, while self-coldness consistently amplifies its negative impact. Study 2 uses qualitative interviews with teachers identified as highly burnt out from Study 1 to contextualize these findings. Thematic analysis highlights teachers lived experiences of burnout, their coping processes, and how self- relating influences their well-being.

Findings suggest that burnout in Filipino teachers is both a systemic and internalized psychological condition, intensified by workload, organizational pressures, and family demands, but shaped by self-relating processes. The results underscore the protective role of self- compassion, the exacerbating role of self-coldness, and the importance of interventions that strengthen teachers’ soothing system regulation while reducing thoughts and behaviors that stimulates the threat and drive systems into dominance.

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Abstract (Filipino)

Ang burnout sa mga guro ay isang lumalaking suliranin, lalo na sa Pilipinas kung saan nahaharap ang mga guro sa mabibigat na gawain, maraming ancillary roles, at mataas na inaasahan ng lipunan na maging huwaran ng moralidad at katatagan. Batay sa Social Mentalities Theory (SMT), muling kinokonseptuwalisa ng pag-aaral na ito ang burnout bilang isang imbalance sa mga sistema ng regulasyon ng emosyon, kung saan nangingibabaw ang threat at drive systems habang kulang o hindi sapat ang soothing system.

Sa loob ng balangkas na ito, ang self-compassion ay kumakatawan sa pag-activate ng soothing system, samantalang ang self-coldness ay sumasalamin sa labis na pag-activate ng threat at drive systems.

Gumamit ang pag-aaral na ito ng two-study design. Ang Study 1 ay gumagamit ng quantitative survey sa mga gurong Pilipino upang suriin ang antas ng burnout, ang papel ng mga personal at kontekstwal na salik bilang mga prediktor, at ang moderating effects ng self-compassion at self-coldness sa ugnayan ng burnout at mga kinalabasan sa mental health tulad ng depression, anxiety, at stress.

Ipinakita ng moderation analyses na ang self-compassion ay nagsisilbing proteksiyon o buffer laban sa epekto ng burnout sa anxiety at stress, samantalang ang self-coldness ay patuloy na nagpapalala sa negatibong epekto nito. Samantala, ang Study 2 ay gumagamit ng qualitative interviews sa mga gurong nakitaan ng mataas na antas ng burnout mula sa Study 1 upang mas mailarawan at maipaliwanag ang mga natuklasan. Ipinakita ng thematic analysis ang mga aktuwal na karanasan ng mga guro sa burnout, ang kanilang mga paraan ng pagharap o coping, at kung paano nakaaapekto ang kanilang self-relating processes sa kanilang kapakanan.

Ipinapahiwatig ng mga natuklasan na ang burnout sa mga gurong Pilipino ay parehong sistemiko at internalisadong sikolohikal na kondisyon, na pinatitindi ng mabigat na trabaho, presyur sa organisasyon, at mga responsibilidad sa pamilya, ngunit hinuhubog din ng paraan ng kanilang pakikitungo sa sarili. Binibigyang-diin ng mga resulta ang protektibong papel ng self-compassion, ang mapanirang epekto ng self-coldness, at ang kahalagahan ng mga interbensiyong nagpapalakas sa regulasyon ng soothing system ng mga guro, habang binabawasan ang mga kaisipan at pag-uugali na nagpapagana at nagpapalakas sa threat at drive systems.

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Language

English

Format

Electronic

Keywords

Teachers--Philippines; Burn out (Psychology); Mental health--Philippines

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3-13-2026

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