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EXPERIENCES AND PREDICTORS OF STRESS AMONG PRESCHOOL TEACHERS AND TEACHERS IN CROATIA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
(ISKUSTVA I PREDIKTORI STRESA KOD ODGOJITELJA I NASTAVNIKA TIJEKOM COVID – 19 PANDEMIJE)

Autori
Bistrić, Marija ; Šimić Šašić, Slavica

Vrsta, podvrsta
Radovi u časopisima, znanstveni

Izvornik
Metodički ogledi (2023)

Status rada
Prihvaćen

Ključne riječi
stress experience, COVID-19 pandemic, preschool teachers, teachers
(doživljaj stresa, pandemija koronavirusa, odgojitelji, nastavnici)

Sažetak
The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of stress among preschool, primary and secondary school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to examine the predictive value of teachers' individual characteristics, causes of stress, coping strategies and social support, for the way in which they experience stress, job burnout and for what they hope for regarding the future. The online questionnaire was applied on sample of 491 school teachers and 316 preschool teachers. The results showed that both school and preschool teachers experienced the highest level of stress during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that the level of stress experienced during the pandemic was higher than before the pandemic. Preschool teachers perceived common causes of stress more intensly than some specific causes related to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the opposite was true for teachers. Indiviual characteristics of preschool, primary and secondary school teachers, causes of stress, coping strategies and social support prove to be related to the levels of stress, job burnout and hope for the future, but the predictive values (i.e., significant predictors), differ depending on the criterion and the group of respondents. The results indicate a positive contribution of self- efficacy, coping strategies and social support to the experience of stress among preschool teachers and teachers alike during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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