Association of classroom-level stressors with psychological distress in teachers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor mental health is highly prevalent among schoolteachers. Different occupational, contextual and personal factors have been identified as sources of their psychological distress.

Aims

To explore the association of classroom-level variables with teachers' mental health over the course of an academic year.

Methods

This study included 80 primary schoolteachers and 2075 pupils from the STARS trial conducted in England, which explored the impact of the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management programme. Linear regression models examined the relationships between classroom-level predictor variables and teachers' psychological distress, as measured by the Everyday Feeling Questionnaire, at 1 and 9 months into the school year. Predictor variables included c

SUBMITTER: Titheradge D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12449249 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature