Managing job stress in teachers of children with autism
| Autor: | Vera Victor-Aigbodion, Elizabeth N. Ebizie, Cornelius O. Okorie, Uchenna N. Eze, Angela Eze, Emmanuel O Ezeani, JeanFrance C Onu, Francisca N. Ogba, Patience Enuma Obiweluozo, Christiana N Ugodulunwa, Charity N. Onyishi, Alexandra Okezie Onwu, Ifeanyichukwu M Abada, Ntasiobi C. N. Igu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male education Special needs Coaching Occupational safety and health law.invention Occupational Stress 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial Behavior Therapy law Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Autistic Disorder Child job stress teachers business.industry Stressor Repeated measures design Clinical Trial/Experimental Study General Medicine medicine.disease Disabled Children Child Preschool 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Autism Female rational emotive occupational health coaching Occupational stress School Teachers business Research Article children with autism Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1536-5964 0025-7974 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/md.0000000000021651 |
| Popis: | Background/Objective: Teaching has been found to be 1 of the most stressful occupations worldwide. Stress associated with teaching is more critical among teachers teaching children with special needs in general and those with autism specifically, partly due to the heterogeneous nature of the disorders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Occupational Health Coaching (REOHC) in minimizing job stress in teachers of children with autism (CWA). Methods: A group-randomized waitlist control-trial design was adopted. A sample of 87 teachers of CWA who participated in the study was randomized into the immediate intervention group (IIG) and waitlist group (WLG). Participants were evaluated on 3 occasions: pretest, post-test and follow-up. Three instruments (Occupational Stress Index, Perceived Occupational Stress Scale and Stress Symptom Scale) were used to measure dimensions of job stress. After the pretest exercise, the IIG participated in a 2-hour REOHC programme weekly for a period of 12 weeks. Post- and follow-up evaluations were conducted respectively at 2 weeks and 3 months after the REOHC programme. Those in WLG were exposed to the REOHC after the follow-up assessment. Data collected were analysed using t-test statistics, repeated measures analysis of variance and bar charts. Results: Results revealed that the perceived stress and stress symptoms of the REOHC group reduced significantly over WLG at post-test, and follow-up assessments. Changes in the occupational stress index scores across pre-, post- and follow-up measurements were minimal and could not account for a significant difference between the IIG and WLG. Conclusion: It was concluded that REOHC is effective in reducing subjective feelings and physiological symptoms of job stress, even when the objective stressors remain constant among teachers of CWA and other employees who work in stressful occupational environments. |
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