Studies on University Professors’ Emotional Burnout

The article represents the results of the studies on the emotional burnout of Siberian Federal University professors (Krasnoyarsk, Russia). With the help of a small sample group the authors of the article reveal peculiarities of emotional burnout in connection with humane or engineering direction of lecturers’ work and their type of thinking. The materials of the work allow us specifying and extending scientific ideas on the specificity of emotional burnout development, its reasons and peculiarities. These data can be used in comparative studies of emotional burnout among representatives of related or different professions. The results of the studies allow selecting psychological and pedagogical model of emotional burnout syndrome prevention and correction for university professors.