Available online at www.scholarsresearchlibrary.com Scholars Research Library Annals of Biological Research, 2013, 4 (4):239-243 (http://scholarsresearchlibrary.com/archive.html) ISSN 0976-1233 CODEN (USA): ABRNBW 239 Scholars Research Library Influence of Gender, Age, and Years of teaching experience on Burnout Ali Asghar Bayani, Hossein Bagheri, Ali Bayani Department of Education and Psychology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad Universty, Azadshahr, Iran _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT Studies indicated that burnout was associated with adverse health function.The main of the present research was determining the extent to which teacher burnout was related to age, gender, and years of teaching experience in an Iranian sample.Participants in this study were 280(143 male, 147 female) teachers from secondary school in Shahrood in Iran. Thedata were analyzed byAnalysis of Variance (ANOVA)test usingSPSS version 19 software. Nosignificantdifferenceswerefoundin burnout, emotional exhaustion,depersonalization, andreduced personal accomplishment in respective of the age, years of teaching experience. Male teacher tended to show greater burnout (F=12.49,p < 0.001), emotional exhaustion (F=14.52,p < 0.001), and depersonalization (F=26.59,p < 0.001) than the female teacher. Male and female teacher did not have significantly different in reduced personal accomplishment.Seeingthatburnoutisrelatedto gender, it is important to design a well-structured and evaluative burnout reduction program for man teacher in secondary education. Key words: burnout, teacher, gender, age, years of teaching experience _____________________________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION In the past decide the concept of burnout has produced considerate attention in the literature of health [1-4]. Although, there is no unified universal definition of burnout, but, It may be defined as "a persistent, negative, work- related state of mind in normal individuals that is primarily characterized by exhaustion, which is accompanied bydistress, a sense of reduced effectiveness, decreased motivation, and the development of dysfunctional attitudes and behaviors at work"[5-6].Burnout developed in the 1970’sbyFreudenberger, and first recognized as a health problem, rather than as a scholarly concept [7].By far the most widely used theoretical model of burnout is the model the suggested by Maslach. There are three construct involved in the burnout syndrome: emotional exhaustion (an inability to feel compassion for clients), depersonalization (callousness toward clients) and reduced personal accomplishment (a tendency to evaluate oneself negatively) [8-11].Burnout is a major public health problem and a cause for concern [12]. Many studies have shown burnout to be a job-related stress condition [13]. Traditionally, Maslach’s theoretical model of burnoutfocused on the helping professions and human services such ashealth care, social work, psychotherapy, police work and teaching [14-15].Many studies, across different jobs and several countries, have identified the consistent impact of burnout one’s social, physical, psychological, and