We cannot be "forever young," but our children are: A multilevel intervention to sustain nursery school teachers' resources and well-being during their long work life cycle.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aging of workers generally implies an increased number of workers with health problems or psychological diseases because of the growing distance between personal resources and job demands; the first may decrease, while the second are stable. In the preschool setting, the demands remain constant because children are always aged 0-3 years, while the preschool teacher's personal resources decrease with age. It is, therefore, necessary to propose multilevel interventions aimed at supporting work sustainability and workers' resources.

Method

This study involved twenty-seven preschools (324 teachers with an average age of 48.7 years): the control group included seventeen schools (190 teachers with an average age of 48.5 years), five schools were assigned to experi

SUBMITTER: Sottimano I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211713 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature