Heart Rate Variability and Perceived Stress in Teacher Training: Facing the Reality Shock With Mindfulness?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The beginning of the career of teachers is a demanding phase. In the combined roles of teacher and trainee, and in the shift from academic to practical learning, trainee teachers have to acquire competencies in teaching as well as coping with stress. In this phase, the phenomenon of "reality shock" is widely observed.

Objective

A mindfulness training was developed to support teacher trainees during their first year. This intervention study investigated perceived and physiological stress at teachers' career start and the stress reducing effects of the mindfulness training in this phase.

Methods

In a quasi-experimental design, 19 out of 42 participants from this sample underwent mindfulness-based stress reduction training and a wait-list control group (N = 23

SUBMITTER: Beuchel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196549 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature