Postgraduate Course of Stress Management and Health Promotion, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Center for Adolescent Medicine and Adolescent Health Care, First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Apr 4;20(7):5390. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20075390.
The teaching profession has always been challenging, while for various reasons the magnitude of observed stress in teachers has been continually growing over time. This study was conducted to demonstrate the relevance of stress in this professional group and to generate evidence for the benefit of primary school teachers and, indirectly, their pupils. To this end, we examined a large number of school teachers in a descriptive cross-sectional study. The survey comprised 786 primary school instructors aged 21 to 65 years, 646 women (82.2%) and 140 males (17.8%), and was performed from March to October 2022. Participants were asked about their gender, age, marital status, place of domicile, satisfaction with their income, whether their income met their needs, number of children, whether they cared for a person with a disability, work experience, alcohol use, eating patterns, and their height and weight for computation of their Body Mass Index (BMI). The survey included the Teacher Subjective Well-being Questionnaire (TSWQ), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Healthy Lifestyle and Personal Control Questionnaire (HLPCQ), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The results showed that there were significant differences between the two sexes in age, marital status, work experience, smoking, alcohol use, and eating breakfast. Furthermore, there were significant differences between the two sexes in BMI, PSS Total, Dietary Health Choice, Harm Avoidance and Total HLPCQ. The variance of PSS Total was predicted by Sex, Teacher Efficacy, Total PSQI, Dietary Health Choice, organized physical exercise, social support and mental control, and Total HLPCQ. Between teacher efficacy, school connectedness, teacher well-being, organized physical exercise, social support and mental control, Total HLPCQ and PSS Total, the correlation coefficients were negative and significant at the <0.05 level. Between Total PSQI and PSS Total, the correlation coefficient was positive and significant at the <0.05 level. Between teacher efficacy, school connectedness and teacher well-being, organized physical exercise, social support and mental control, Total HLPCQ and Total PSQI, the correlation coefficients were negative and significant at the <0.05 level. In summary, we demonstrated that Greek primary school teachers experience significant stress, which is intertwined with their way of life, and reflected in significant decreases in their sense of well-being, quality of sleep, and overall life satisfaction, as well as in their standards of teaching.
教学工作一直具有挑战性，而由于各种原因，教师所承受的压力在不断增大。本研究旨在证明教师群体中压力的相关性，并为小学教师带来益处，间接地为他们的学生带来益处。为此，我们在一项描述性的横断面研究中对大量学校教师进行了检查。该调查共包括 786 名年龄在 21 至 65 岁之间的小学教师，其中 646 名女性（82.2%）和 140 名男性（17.8%），于 2022 年 3 月至 10 月进行。参与者被问及他们的性别、年龄、婚姻状况、居住地、对收入的满意度、收入是否满足他们的需求、子女数量、是否照顾残疾人士、工作经验、饮酒情况、饮食习惯以及他们的身高和体重，用于计算体重指数（BMI）。调查包括教师主观幸福感问卷（TSWQ）、感知压力量表（PSS）、健康生活方式和个人控制问卷（HLPCQ）以及匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）。结果表明，在年龄、婚姻状况、工作经验、吸烟、饮酒和吃早餐方面，男女之间存在显著差异。此外，在 BMI、PSS 总分、饮食健康选择、回避和总 HLPCQ 方面，男女之间也存在显著差异。PSS 总分的方差由性别、教师效能感、总 PSQI、饮食健康选择、有组织的体育锻炼、社会支持和心理控制以及总 HLPCQ 预测。在教师效能感、学校联系、教师幸福感、有组织的体育锻炼、社会支持和心理控制、总 HLPCQ 和 PSS 总分之间，相关系数在 0.05 水平上呈负相关且显著。在总 PSQI 和 PSS 总分之间，相关系数在 0.05 水平上呈正相关且显著。在教师效能感、学校联系和教师幸福感、有组织的体育锻炼、社会支持和心理控制、总 HLPCQ 和总 PSQI 之间，相关系数在 0.05 水平上呈负相关且显著。总之，我们证明了希腊小学教师承受着巨大的压力，这种压力与他们的生活方式交织在一起，并反映在幸福感、睡眠质量和整体生活满意度的显著下降，以及教学标准的下降。
