教育工作者对压力因素和健康的看法:2022年2月美国K-12教育工作者的定性研究
Jennifer M Cavallari1, Sierra M Trudel2, Natalie R Charamut3
1School of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA. cavallari@uchc.edu.
BMC public health
|October 8, 2024
概括
教育工作者福利仍然受到大流行相关的工作需求和压力的重大影响,影响身体,心理和社会健康. 有针对性的干预措施对于减轻教师持续存在的压力因素至关重要.
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:
- 在COVID-19疫情爆发期间,教师面临着更高的压力和压力.
- 教育工作者福祉具有重大影响,特别是在2021-2022学年不断变化的就业需求方面.
- 这项研究调查了压力因素和对美国教育工作者的健康影响,两年后的流行病的急性阶段.
研究的目的:
- 了解2021-2022学年影响美国教育工作者的压力因素.
- 评估这些压力因素对教育工作者的健康影响.
- 确定干预的关键领域,以支持教育工作者.
主要方法:
- 在美国康涅狄格州,与34名认证教育工作者进行了四个虚拟焦点小组.
- 利用以工作需求-资源模型为指导的半结构化脚本.
- 分析了使用常量比较方法来识别主题的定性数据.
主要成果:
- 关于压力影响的三个主题出现了:身体健康 (76%),心理健康 (62%) 和社会福祉 (68%).
- 主要的压力因素包括学校/地区的协议/期望 (91%) 和管理人员 (38%).
- 个人压力 (62%),包括家庭生活和收入,以及与流行病有关的担忧 (35%) 也显著影响了教育工作者.
结论:
- 在疫情后的时期,教育工作者的福祉继续受到负面影响.
- 学校和地区层面的要求是需要减少的重大压力因素.
- 有针对性的干预措施是必要的,以应对压力和支持教育工作者福祉.
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