ERIC Number: EJ1253277
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jun
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1245
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Mood, Physical, and Mental Load in Spanish Teachers of Urban School: The Role of Intensive or Split Shift
Vilella, Salvador Boix; Zarceño, Eva León; Serrano Rosa, Miguel Ángel
Education and Urban Society, v52 n5 p759-773 Jun 2020
Psychosocial risk factors threaten the health of teachers, who are considered to be a group at high risk of suffering burnout syndrome. The objective of this study is to measure the levels of work satisfaction, burnout, engagement, emotional stability, fatigue, and mood of teachers, depending on their workday: intensive or split shift. A nonexperimental, descriptive-comparative research design is proposed for this study. A follow-up questionnaire has been developed to assess a teacher's levels of physical fatigue, mental fatigue, and mood at the beginning and end of the 9 days of work analyzed. The study sample consisted of 125 teachers (102 women and 23 men) with a mean age of 38.67 years (SD = 9.51) and 10.02 years of experience in teaching. The results show that the group of teachers working the traditional morning and afternoon shift present greater levels of physical and mental fatigue, worse mood, and less job satisfaction with supervision. However, there were no significant differences in levels of emotional stability, burnout, and engagement between the two groups of teachers. In short, it can be considered that the single morning shift generates higher levels of health among teachers.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Burnout, Teaching Conditions, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Participation, Emotional Response, Fatigue (Biology), School Schedules, Early Childhood Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Work Environment, Teacher Supervision, Compensation (Remuneration), Physical Health, Mental Health, Teacher Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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