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This study, as a part of a large European study (11 participating countries), examines the relationship between job stress and different wellness/health outcomes among male and female secondary school teachers in Belgium (n = 128). The associations between high job demands, low control, low social support, interaction terms and additional job stressors on one hand, and burnout (3 sub-scales), somatic complaints and job satisfaction on the other hand, were tested. Especially high demands were associated with burnout, more precisely its emotional exhaustion dimension. No evidence was found for the buffer hypothesis, according to which control and social support would buffer the adverse demand-effects. Among the additional job stressors and moderators, mainly physical exertion and meaningfulness of work were related to the outcomes. Belgian teachers reported higher physical exertion, job demands, somatic complaints and lower job control, social support, personal accomplishment than the teachers from the other European countries did.
Kittel et al. (Fri,) studied this question.