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Schwanzer, Andrea D.; Ullrich, Annette; Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2023
To test hypotheses in cross-cultural studies, it is necessary to investigate whether results might be affected systematically by language or cultural effects. In this paper the results of differential item functioning (DIF) analyses for the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Preventive Resources Inventory (PRI), and the Brief COPE are presented.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Caseworkers, Professional Education
McCarthy, Christopher J.; Blaydes, Madison; Weppner, Caroline H.; Lambert, Richard G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Teachers, a population already vulnerable to high stress, experienced increased demands and threats to their coping resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic likely will continue to exact a toll on the mental health of the teaching workforce. A silver lining from COVID-19 could come from teacher stress research conducted during the…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, COVID-19, Pandemics, Mental Health
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McCarthy, Christopher J.; Lambert, Richard G.; Lineback, Sally; Fitchett, Paul; Baddouh, Priscila G. – Educational Psychology Review, 2016
Stress research increasingly emphasizes the role of appraisal in determining which events are perceived as stressful. The Classroom Appraisal of Resources and Demands (CARD) was developed to measure teachers' appraisals of their classroom demands and resources in order to assess their risk for experiencing occupational stress. The present purposes…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Attitudes, Risk
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McCarthy, Christopher J.; Lambert, Richard G.; Crowe, Elizabeth W.; McCarthy, Colleen J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2010
This study examined the relationship of teachers' perceptions of coping resources and demands to job satisfaction factors. Participants were 158 Advanced Placement Statistics high school teachers who completed measures of personal resources for stress prevention, classroom demands and resources, job satisfaction, and intention to leave the field…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Job Satisfaction, Intention, Coping
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McCarthy, Christopher J.; Lambert, Richard G.; O'Donnell, Megan; Melendres, Lauren T. – Elementary School Journal, 2009
Transactional models of stress posit that perceptions of both resources and demands determine whether stress will be experienced. To test this model and better understand teacher stress, we examined levels of elementary teachers' burnout symptoms: (1) between schools, with individual/teacher perceptions of demands and resources aggregated to the…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Coping, Stress Management, Stress Variables
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Lambert, Richard G.; McCarthy, Christopher; O'Donnell, Megan; Wang, Chuang – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
The Classroom Appraisal of Resources and Demands (CARD, elementary version) was used to investigate teacher stress among a sample of elementary teachers (n = 521). The CARD measures teacher stress by examining the subjective experience of both classroom demands and resources provided by the school, and thereby attempts to capture the situationally…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Burnout, Test Validity, Factor Structure