At the end of the school year, the music schools organize the annual instrumental exam to evaluate the student's achievements. The study investigates complex patterns of performance anxiety in music school students during annual exams, focusing on how gender, age, instrument type, and family musical tradition interact, revealing inconsistencies…

In military operations, rapid and accurate decision-making is crucial, especially in visually complex and high-pressure environments. This study investigates how eye and head movement metrics can infer changes in search behavior during a naturalistic shooting scenario in virtual reality (VR). Thirty-one participants performed a foraging search…

Taiwan's government launched the Bilingual 2030 policy to create a bilingual nation by 2030. The aim is to improve global mobility by promoting English and Mandarin Chinese proficiency. This study explores how bilingual teaching job demands--work pressure, cognitive demands, and emotional demands--and job resources impact teacher self-efficacy…

Educators play a crucial role in shaping future generations, yet they often encounter significant challenges related to stress, workload, and emotional demands. This study presents a comprehensive framework designed to enhance and sustain teacher well-being by integrating physical, mental, social, and professional aspects. Grounded in…

School climate and its individual components impact students' health and wellbeing. This research explores adolescents' perspectives on what would make a better school life in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Responses to an open text question: "if you could change one thing about your school/course to make it better, what would it be?" were…

Purpose: Laboratory stressors have been shown to impact the activity of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles (ILMs), which may be part of the final causal pathway in some stress-induced voice disorders. Previous research suggests that personality traits such as stress reaction might increase one's susceptibility to these problems. Also, the autonomic…

This study modeled the strain that academic demands (i.e., taking courses with demanding workloads) place on college students' academic performance by exploring how sources of student academic support and stress might explain this association. Student participants (N = 302) completed a survey about their most demanding class of the semester and…

While not all students with disabilities undergo trauma, the authors note, students with a disability are more likely to experience traumatic stress and often have more problems with self-regulation if trauma occurs. The writers discuss how trauma and disability can interact and how schools who want to respond successfully to trauma in kids can,…

Compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress can be exhausting for education leaders. The good news, says district administrator Mona Johnson, is that they can also be prevented.

Participants completed surveys assessing demographics, wellness, life satisfaction, and perceived stress. Results revealed higher stress levels among faculty and staff compared to students and higher stress scores among female students compared to males. Overall, stress levels for all participants were far above the norm, while wellness and life…

Increasing research reveals the impact of technostress on life satisfaction among academics. In line with the determined purpose, it is first determined whether there is a significant difference in terms of technostress and life satisfaction between demographic variables such as age, gender, field of science and years of experience. Secondly, an…

COVID-19 has put additional stress on teachers, whose levels of psychological distress are concerning. However, studies that look at teachers' work experiences and their association with psychological distress during the pandemic are lacking. This study aims to draw a portrait of psychological distress (i.e., symptoms of depression and anxiety)…

This study examines the relationships between living arrangements and educational outcomes, access to LGBTQ-affirming care, sexual and gender minority (SGM) stressors, and mental health. Bivariate analyses were implemented to examine relationships between living arrangements and academic outcomes, SGM stressors, access to care, and alcohol and…

This study utilized focus groups with Latinx students at a private, Midwestern university to explore the complexities inherent in the process of becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). The purpose of the study was: (a) to better understand Latinx students' experiences at an "emerging" HSI, and (b) to understand how students…

The parents of 413 children with typical development (TD) or special educational needs (SEN) filled in an online survey to investigate the associations between the restrictions introduced to face COVID-19 and parenting stress and parental disciplinary practices. The parents of children with SEN showed a significantly higher stress level than TD…