The turnover rate for secondary school educators has increased to the highest in almost 30 years. Public teachers who leave teaching reported that general working conditions, increased job demands, and the inability to manage their workloads (organizational climate) contributed to their decision. The problem addressed in this study is that teacher…

The focus of this study was emotional intelligence and burnout in teachers in Thailand. The problem addressed in this study was the unknown level of emotional intelligence among teachers in Thailand, which may be connected to their levels of depression, stress, anxiety, and burnout. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to…

Objective: We aimed to evaluate depression, anxiety and stress in university students of a large university in Tehran. Iranians witnessed an extraordinary combination of natural and man-made disasters last year; the last of which was the outbreak of COVID-19. Participants: 234 students from Iran University of Medical Sciences. Methods: We designed…

Relations between parental stress and children's behavior problems have been studied, but the role of parenting styles in these relations remains to be clarified. For families of children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH), exploring the associations among the three factors (i.e., parental stress, parenting styles, and children's behavior…

Teacher attrition has been a problem for many years and is continuing to grow at an alarming rate. The National Center for Education Statistics is estimating a shortfall of a million teachers by 2028. This can negatively impact student growth as school districts are forced to overfill classrooms to compensate for the teacher shortage. This purpose…

Latent class analysis (LCA) is a useful statistical approach for understanding heterogeneity in a population. This article provides a pedagogical introduction to LCA modeling and provides an example of its use to understand youths' daily coping strategies. The analytic procedures are outlined for choosing the number of classes and integration of…

This study aimed to validate the Croatian version of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire 10-item version (ACE-10) in a sample of 293 emerging adults (mean age 22 years old; 56.9% women). ACE-10 is a self-report retrospective questionnaire that assesses abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction. Measures of depression, anxiety, stress,…

Approximately 40% of the U.S. early care and education (ECE) workforce lacks foundational training in research-based, developmentally appropriate practices for working with young children, which can impact the quality of ECE they can provide. To support young children's positive developmental trajectories, it is critical that all teachers have…

Higher education has seen an increase in enrollment in online (OL) language courses. This study (n = 176) examined why students chose to enroll in OL Spanish courses and if foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) in OL classes affects overall oral proficiency. Sex differences and FLCA in online Spanish classes were also examined. Quantitative…

Wellbeing in society has been subject to increasing discussion, with particular attention to students engaged in higher education. Students in higher education experience stress related to studies and finances in addition to experiencing two major life changes -- shifting from school learning to more self-directed learning and becoming more…

This research examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural special education teachers and their resilience. Special education teachers face unique challenges in supporting students with diverse learning needs, and the pandemic has exacerbated these difficulties. The study focused on rural special education teachers in Nebraska and…

The current study aimed to investigate the connection between social connectedness and psychological well-being (PWB), while concurrently exploring the potential mediating roles of loneliness and perceived stress in this relationship among international students in China. Drawing on the literature highlighting the protective effect of social…

While studies have explored the physical literacy of Chinese kindergarten teachers and its impact on young children's health, to date, none has provided a comprehensive analysis of Chinese kindergarten teachers' self-perceptions in relation to sport. This study explored the environmental stressors associated with participating in sport during the…

This study qualitatively examined an integrated cross-community approach to augmenting research courses with (a) non-competitive gamification and (b) AI. Unlike other studies, ours was proactive, non-COVID derived, non-competitive, and rooted in a variety of instructional and technology expertise resources. Its three aims were (1) increasing…

Purpose: Early conceptual thinking about distrust and more recent neurological evidence reveals that distrust is not the same as low trust. They are distinct mental states, active in different brain regions and shaped by different experiences. We use this evidence to conceptualize teacher distrust in the school principal and to construct a set of…