Teachers are reporting increased incidence of stress, depression, burnout, and anxiety resulting in overall poor mental health and well-being outcomes. Recently, mindfulness-based interventions have emerged as having the potential to improve these deleterious impacts. This meta-analysis investigated the effects of mindfulness-based interventions…

Cell phone use is on the rise with teenagers, and is causing some educational issues that are concerning. Students are suffering from nomophobia, which leads to attention issues and stress and anxiety, as well as poor decision making in regards to cellphones. Educators must recognize the problems that cell phones are causing and work to find ways…

This chapter shows how freshmen students entering at the university have to cope with a new life and face a variety of stress.

The study evaluates a peer-assisted learning (PAL) scheme as an effective strategy in alleviating levels of negative emotions and, in the process, contributes to explorations of affect in first-year students in an HE in FE environment, with a particular focus on anxiety and related emotions. Various types of anxieties are defined in the context of…

Secondary school teachers are one of the occupational groups presenting the highest levels of sick leave due to stress in the workplace. This form of stress can cause burnout syndrome, which is characterised by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and low levels of personal accomplishment. Secondary education teachers have received relatively…

Excessive workloads, crammed schedules, and "perfectionism" are causing today's teens undue stress. Cathy Vatterott, an international expert on K-12 homework, describes this as an epidemic of "rudderless box checkers--four AP classes, check; debate team, check; two sports, check; honor roll, check." What can educators do then…

Temperament growth has been examined in infancy, but the spectrum of reactive and regulatory dimensions was not previously considered. We evaluated linear and nonlinear growth trajectories for overarching factors and fine-grained indicators of infant temperament obtained via parent report (N = 143) at 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months of age.…

Objective: This study aimed to examine the mediating relationship of proactive coping on self-blame and stress among US undergraduate college students. Participants: The sample of undergraduate college students (n = 261) were recruited through their Introduction to Psychology course and registered for the study through a research-based computer…

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the students' level of organizational identification, level of hope and perceived stress. The study group consisted of 280 students studying at the Faculty of Sport Sciences of Erciyes University in 2017-2018 academic year. When we look at the students' demographic information; 63.6%…

This study was conducted to explore the experiences of educators with mealtime behaviours of children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in schools, and to explore the strategies undertaken in schools to improve nutrition among these children. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 educators of various special schools across…

Teacher emotional wellbeing can exert a strong influence over the ability to effectively perform important aspects of the job, including fostering healthy teacher-student relationships. Our investigation explores one understudied aspect of teacher wellbeing, the presence of secondary traumatic stress (STS). Across helping professions, STS has been…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of China recruiters during the pandemic, particularly with their job stress and sense of job security. The study also explored the new norms of Chinese students' recruitment following the post-pandemic crisis. Using qualitative analysis, we found that China recruiters experienced…

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of women faculty with children in the United States and Australia as they contend with the blended roles and responsibilities of being a mother and an academic (i.e., MotherScholars). Using interpretive comparative case study design, the researchers interviewed…

Burnout is psychological, physical, and emotional suffering that may affect students with low or inadequate resources to face stressful events at school. Although the existing instruments are used worldwide to assess school burnout risk, they show several flaws and mainly focus on the emotional facets of the syndrome. No previous studies have…

This study aimed to understand the relationships among administrative support, teacher self-efficacy, and teacher anxiety on teacher stress during COVID-19. The study explored United States teacher perceptions during Fall 2020 as teachers and schools returned to teaching in multiple online formats (hybrid and virtual). Teachers (N = 311)…