COVID-19对明尼苏达州中学教师和工作人员压力的影响:使用随机森林分析的探索性研究
Alyson B Harding1, Marizen R Ramirez1,2, Andrew D Ryan1
1Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
International journal of environmental research and public health
|September 8, 2023
概括
由于COVID-19的流行,明尼苏达州的教育工作者面临的压力增加了. 关键因素包括心理健康恶化,远程工作过渡的挑战和睡眠障碍,突出了在中断期间支持的领域.
科学领域:
- 教育教育教育教育教育教育.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19的流行,教育工作者面临了前所未有的挑战.
- 教师和学校工作人员经历了独特的压力因素,包括远程/混合教学和不确定性.
- 在教育工作者中了解与流行病相关的压力对于福祉和教育连续性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化特定COVID-19流行病影响与明尼苏达州教育工作者压力水平之间的关联.
- 确定哪些与流行病相关的因素最显著地预测了学校工作人员的压力.
主要方法:
- 在线调查对8所中学的296名教师和工作人员 (2020年5月至7月) 进行了在线调查.
- 流行病流行病影响清单 (EPII) 评估了九个领域的流行病影响.
- 凯斯勒-6尺度测量了非特异性心理压力.
- 随机森林分析确定了压力预测EPII项目.
主要成果:
- 教育工作者报告了中等平均压力水平 (凯斯勒-6分数:6.8).
- 三个主要的流行病影响显著预测压力:增加心理健康问题,难以过渡到远程工作,睡眠问题.
- 这些因素解释了压力评分的大量变化.
结论:
- 增加的心理健康症状,远程工作过渡困难和睡眠障碍是疫情期间教育工作者压力的重要预测因素.
- 研究结果表明,针对这些领域的有针对性的干预措施可以减轻教育工作者的压力.
- 积极主动的策略是必要的,以支持学校的工作人员在未来的中断和动态时期.
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