Digital Burnout Level of Teachers of Selected Public Elementary Schools in Dagupan City

AUTHOR(S)

VIRGINIA P. ALBINO

ABSTRACT

—— This study sought to determine the digital burnout level of the teachers of selected public elementary schools in Dagupan City during the school year 2025-2026 through a quantitative descriptive-correlational research design. The data used in this study came from the 230 teachers, who were subjected to frequency count, percentage, weighted mean, t-test and the chi-square test of independence. Results showed that the majority of the teachers have no postgraduate degrees, have been teaching for more than 10 years already, have attended not more than three seminars related to mental health for the past five years, and have high grit levels and an average self-efficacy level in teaching; in general, the teachers perceived that they have an average digital burnout level, as evidenced by the computed overall weighted mean of 2.86. There is a significant relationship between the highest educational attainment, length of teaching experience, number of seminars related to mental health attended, grit level, and self-efficacy level of the teachers and their digital burnout level, and the teachers are using 15 strategies in dealing with digital burnout. Given the findings, the following conclusions were drawn: a typical teacher in the selected public elementary schools in Dagupan City has no postgraduate degree, has been teaching for more than 10 years already, has attended not more than three seminars related to mental health for the past five years, and has a high grit level and an average self-efficacy level in teaching; the teachers perceived that they have an average or moderate digital burnout level; the digital burnout level of the teachers is influenced by their highest educational attainment, length of teaching experience, number of relevant seminars attended, grit level, and self-efficacy level in teaching; and the teachers are using 15 strategies in dealing with digital burnout, the foremost of which is drinking coffee. Keywords: digital burnout, teachers, mental health, stress, experience, grit level