Primary Prevention Programme for Burnout-Endangered Teachers: Follow-Up Effectiveness of a Combined Group and Individual Intervention of AFA Breathing Therapy
Table 3
Longitudinal effects of breath therapy in the intervention group.
AVEM Scale**
Intervention group ()
T1 Mean (SE)
T2 Mean (SE)
T3 Mean (SE)
T4 Mean (SE)
Time effect  (-value*)
(1) Subjective significance of work
14.3 (0.96)
14.1 (0.88)
14.7 (0.85)
14.4 (0.96)
0.65 (0.59)
(2) Professional ambition
16.0 (0.73)
16.7 (0.93)
16.2 (0.82)
16.5 (1.04)
0.58 (0.64)
(3) Tendency to exert
20.2 (0.98)
18.8 (1.03)
18.7 (1.1)
18.7 (1.1)
3.0 (0.06)
(4) Striving for perfection
22.4 (1.1)
21.6 (1.0)
21.4 (1.1)
21.0 (1.1)
1.1 (0.37)
(5) Emotional distancing
13.9 (0.80)
15.6 (0.94)
15.4 (0.85)
16.5 (0.89)
6.3 (<0.01)
(6) Resignation tendencies
18.1 (0.9)
17.1 (1.1)
16.7 (1.1)
16.4 (1.2)
1.2 (0.33)
(7) Offensive coping with problems
19.7 (0.7)
21.1 (0.6)
20.8 (0.6)
21.4 (0.7)
2.6 (0.09)
(8) Balance and mental stability
18.3 (1.0)
19.8 (1.0)
19.5 (1.1)
21.0 (0.9)
4.4 (0.02)
(9) Satisfaction with work
21.7 (0.8)
22.0 (1.0)
22.2 (0.9)
22.7 (0.9)
1.9 (0.17)
(10) Satisfaction with life
21.5 (1.0)
22.9 (0.9)
22.9 (0.9)
23.3 (0.9)
2.1 (0.13)
(11) Experience of social support
21.0 (1.1)
22.0 (1.0)
21.6 (1.1)
23.1 (1.1)
2.7 (0.08)
SE: standard error.
*Statistical significance ; **possible score for each scale between 6 (fully agree) and 30 (fully disagree).
