Burnout Syndrome and Dark Triad at Schools: Engineers as Teachers of Vocational Technical Subjects

The aim of the present study was to verify relationship three aversive personality traits - Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy, nowadays known by experts as Dark Triad burnout syndrome on sample vocational technical subject teachers. carried out a 241 participants (Mage = 44.53; SD 10.29). Females represented 75.1% all respondents 44.48; 10.02), males remaining 24.9% 42.36; 11.8). Slovak version Short SD3 adapted Maslach Burnout Inventory HSS helping professionals were administered. Significant positive relations with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization personal satisfaction identified. Regression analysis indicated significant predictor exhaustion depersonalization, psychopathy most predictor. concept predicted 58% syndrome’s variance.