Teachers’ mental health during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
| Autor: | Magdalena Sitko-Dominik, Tomasz Daniel Jakubowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Epidemiology Emotions Social Sciences Personal Satisfaction Anxiety Developmental psychology Families Sociology teachers’ mental health Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological Medicine and Health Sciences Psychology Health Education Children Schools Multidisciplinary Family life Professions Mental Health Medicine Female Health education medicine.symptom Research Article Adult Referral Science Psychological Stress Interpersonal Relationships Education Education Distance Social support Interpersonal relationship Mental Health and Psychiatry medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Students Pandemics SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Social Support Biology and Life Sciences Teachers Mental health Social relation the COVID-19 pandemic Collective Human Behavior Age Groups People and Places Population Groupings Poland School Teachers |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0257252 (2021) PLoS ONE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0257252 |
| Popis: | Background Teaching work is stressful, moreover during the pandemic teachers’ stress might have been intensified by distance education as well as by limited access to social support, which functions as a buffer in experiencing stress. The aim of the research was to investigate the relation between distance education and teachers’ well-being, and their close relations and other social relations during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The research was conducted in two stages on 285 Polish primary and secondary school teachers who were recruited by means of the chain referral method. The following measures were used: The Depression Anxiety & Stress Scales-21, Berlin Social Support Scales, The Relationship Satisfaction Scale and The Injustice Experience Questionnaire. Results The teachers experienced at least mild levels of stress, anxiety and depression, both during the first as well as the second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. It has been confirmed that there is a negative relation between relationship quality change and social relations quality change, and stress, anxiety and depression. The variables taken into consideration in the research have provided the explanation for the variation of stress—from 6% in the first stage of the research to 47% in the second stage; for the variation of anxiety—from 21% to 31%; and for the variation of depression—from 12% to 46%, respectively. Conclusions The research results show that due to distance work the distinction between professional work and family life might have been blurred, and as a consequence teachers’ well-being could have been worsened. The isolation put on to stop the spreading of the virus might have contributed to changes in social relations, in close relations in particular, and at the same time negatively influenced teachers’ abilities to effectively cope with the crisis situations. |
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