Special Educators' Mental Health and Burnout: A Comparison of General and Teacher Specific Risk Factors

Autor/inn/en	McGrew, John; Ruble, Lisa; Cormier, Christopher J.; Dueber, David
Titel	Special Educators' Mental Health and Burnout: A Comparison of General and Teacher Specific Risk Factors
Quelle	132 (2023), Artikel 104209 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-051X
Schlagwörter	Special Education Teachers; Stress Variables; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety Disorders; Teacher Burnout; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; High School Teachers; Teacher Characteristics; Educational Environment; Maslach Burnout Inventory; Eysenck Personality Questionnaire; Utrecht Work Engagement Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Burnout-syndrom; Burnout; Burnout-Syndrom; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Psychohygiene; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	The cross-sectional study ascertained prevalence rates of stress-related outcomes of 490 special educators (i.e., major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder) and examined the relative importance of variables hypothesized as predictive of stress outcomes (i.e., psychosocial model of stress, school/teacher variables). Over 60% scored at the dangerous level in emotional exhaustion (i.e., burnout). Nearly 40% met criteria for one or both mental illness diagnoses with rates 5 to 12 times higher than a normative adult sample. Psychosocial variables were the best predictors of mental illness outcomes. Occupational and school variables were better predictors of burnout, although psychosocial variables added valuable explanatory variance. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01