Abstract

The literature suggests that life satisfaction and quality of life are crucial indicators of good health and psychological well-being that deserve empirical investigation in a population with high exposure to burnout. Therefore, the present study examined the predictive role of burnout in life satisfaction and quality of life among teachers of public secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Data were obtained from 230 teachers (123 males and 107 females) using a questionnaire containing standardized measures of the study variables. Results of hierarchical regression analyses showed that control variables accounted for significant variance in life satisfaction (R2= 0.071; P< .01) and quality of life (R2= 0.097; P< .001) in the first step. Burnout was significantly and negatively related to life satisfaction, making a significant and unique 34.9 per cent incremental contribution to the variance in life satisfaction in the second step. Similarly, burnout was significantly and negatively related to the quality of life and explained an additional 1.6 per cent of the variance in quality of life in the second step. The practical implications of the pattern of findings and future research directions were discussed.