ERIC Number: EJ1367914
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6935
Teacher and Classroom Predictors of Preschool Teacher Stress
Early Education and Development, v33 n8 p1347-1363 2022
Research Findings: Better understanding the correlates of teacher stress is critical to develop effective, targeted prevention and intervention efforts to decrease early childhood educator stress and ultimately improve outcomes for educators and young children. Previous studies of early childhood educator stress have mostly focused on teacher professional background and child behavior in relation to stress and rarely simultaneously considered other teacher, classroom, and center factors that may also be related to teacher stress. The current study examined multiple individual and environmental correlates of preschool teacher stress using secondary baseline data from a study of 427 teachers participating in a professional development intervention in early childhood education. Findings indicated that teacher anger, child behavior, and presence of classroom support staff were consistently related to teacher's experience of stress in the classroom, over and above teacher's personal and professional backgrounds. Practice or Policy: Implications for better supporting preschool teachers and young children are discussed. Taken together with previous research on teacher stress, these findings can guide future prevention and intervention work to decrease stress and promote teacher well-being in early childhood education.
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Predictor Variables, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Conditions, Psychological Patterns, Student Behavior, Teacher Aides, Beliefs, Classroom Environment, Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Social Services, Teacher Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Head Start
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: NEO Five Factor Inventory
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A060021