Promoting Stress Management and Wellbeing for Teachers, A Pilot Study

Objectives: Investigate the change in perceived stress, mindful attention awareness, subjective wellbeing and coping for pre-service teachers (PSTs) and the impact of a pilot 6-h Complementary Intervention (CI).Method: Phase One (N = 79) survey at two timepoints. Perceived Stress Scale, Mindful Atte...

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Autores principales: Stevie-Jae Hepburn, Annemaree Carroll, Louise McCuaig
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dd87223e23594e91bd1b9bf729ce99ca2021-11-10T09:46:20ZPromoting Stress Management and Wellbeing for Teachers, A Pilot Study2504-284X10.3389/feduc.2021.744227https://doaj.org/article/dd87223e23594e91bd1b9bf729ce99ca2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.744227/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2504-284XObjectives: Investigate the change in perceived stress, mindful attention awareness, subjective wellbeing and coping for pre-service teachers (PSTs) and the impact of a pilot 6-h Complementary Intervention (CI).Method: Phase One (N = 79) survey at two timepoints. Perceived Stress Scale, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Personal Wellbeing Index and the Brief COPE scale. Phase Two CI pre- and post-program self-report measures (N = 20).Data analysis: Paired-sample and independent sample t-test.Results: The paired-samples t-test confirmed that perceived stress levels (p = 0.082) for PSTs remain elevated across the duration of the academic year. There was not a significant change for the MAAS and sub-scales of the Brief COPE. There was a significant decrease in PWI scores (p = 0.04). The participants in the CI experienced a significant decrease in perceived stress (p = 0.004) pre-program (M = 18.6, SD = 7.04) and post-program (M = 15.55, SD = 6.95), effect size (d = 0.48). Increase in mindful attention awareness (p = 0.019), pre-program (M = 3.49, SD = 0.59) and post-program (M = 3.94, SD = 0.85), effect size (d = −0.57).Conclusion: The findings suggest that perceived stress for PSTs are at above-average levels and a yoga-based CI may provide support for promoting wellbeing and stress management.Stevie-Jae HepburnAnnemaree CarrollLouise McCuaigFrontiers Media S.A.articlehealthwellbeingpre-service teachersstress managementmindfulnessyogaEducation (General)L7-991ENFrontiers in Education, Vol 6 (2021)
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topic health
wellbeing
pre-service teachers
stress management
mindfulness
yoga
Education (General)
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wellbeing
pre-service teachers
stress management
mindfulness
yoga
Education (General)
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Stevie-Jae Hepburn
Annemaree Carroll
Louise McCuaig
Promoting Stress Management and Wellbeing for Teachers, A Pilot Study
description Objectives: Investigate the change in perceived stress, mindful attention awareness, subjective wellbeing and coping for pre-service teachers (PSTs) and the impact of a pilot 6-h Complementary Intervention (CI).Method: Phase One (N = 79) survey at two timepoints. Perceived Stress Scale, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Personal Wellbeing Index and the Brief COPE scale. Phase Two CI pre- and post-program self-report measures (N = 20).Data analysis: Paired-sample and independent sample t-test.Results: The paired-samples t-test confirmed that perceived stress levels (p = 0.082) for PSTs remain elevated across the duration of the academic year. There was not a significant change for the MAAS and sub-scales of the Brief COPE. There was a significant decrease in PWI scores (p = 0.04). The participants in the CI experienced a significant decrease in perceived stress (p = 0.004) pre-program (M = 18.6, SD = 7.04) and post-program (M = 15.55, SD = 6.95), effect size (d = 0.48). Increase in mindful attention awareness (p = 0.019), pre-program (M = 3.49, SD = 0.59) and post-program (M = 3.94, SD = 0.85), effect size (d = −0.57).Conclusion: The findings suggest that perceived stress for PSTs are at above-average levels and a yoga-based CI may provide support for promoting wellbeing and stress management.
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