Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Stress Health. 2018 Apr;34(2):278-285. doi: 10.1002/smi.2782. Epub 2017 Oct 9.
Studies show teaching is a highly stressful profession and that chronic work stress is associated with adverse health outcomes. This study analysed physiological markers of stress and self-reported emotion regulation strategies in a group of middle school teachers over 1 year. Chronic physiological stress was assessed with diurnal cortisol measures at three time points over 1 year (fall, spring, fall). The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the changes in educators' physiological level of stress. Results indicate that compared to those in the fall, cortisol awakening responses were blunted in the spring. Further, this effect was ameliorated by the summer break. Additionally, self-reported use of the emotion regulation strategy reappraisal buffered the observed blunting that occurred in the spring.
研究表明，教学是一项压力极大的职业，长期的工作压力与不良健康结果有关。本研究在一年多的时间里，分析了一组中学教师的应激生理标志物和自我报告的情绪调节策略。通过一年内三个时间点（秋季、春季、秋季）的日间皮质醇测量来评估慢性生理应激。这项纵向研究的目的是调查教育者的压力生理水平的变化。结果表明，与秋季相比，春季皮质醇的觉醒反应减弱。此外，夏季休假改善了这一效应。此外，自我报告的情绪调节策略再评价的使用缓冲了春季观察到的迟钝。
