Professional deformation of teachers: From diagnostic strategies to prevention and correction technologies

Background: This article discusses the new diagnostic results and the basic directions of professional deformation prevention and correction in secondary school teachers. Method: The author's theoretical and methodological analysis, has made it possible to assume that professional deformation is an integrated complex of numerous characteristics, namely: The type of profession, the level of emotional burnout severity, indicators of satisfaction with the profession, particular orientation and socio-psychological type of personality, as well as the manifestations of personality traits. Results: The results of the empirical study using qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis of manifestation of latent and frustrational levels of professional deformation, which were based on the analysis of expressions of active and passive types of professional conduct, have shown that the identified characteristics have a significant influence on the manifestation of professional deformation and correspond to the intended level of the teachers' deformations. Conclusions: Based on the empirical data for determining the level of symptoms and conditions of professional deformation, this article presents relevant programs aimed at the conservation and maintenance of psychological health, at prevention and correction of latent and frustrational level manifestations of professional deformation in education. © 2017. Associazione Oasi Maria SS. - IRCCS.