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Peculiarities of occupational mental health care in kindergarten teachers

The purpose of this paper is to quantify the factors that disrupt the mental health of kindergarten (KG) teachers. For this, the researchers conducted an electronic survey of preschool teachers (n = 587) on a popular educational platform with the Symptom Checklist-90-R and content analysis of interv...

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Autores principales: Otarbayeva, Zhansaya, Baizhumanova, Bibianar, Tuyakova, Ulbossyn, Mambetalina, Aliya, Umirzakova, Assem, Kulzhabayeva, Lyazzat
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457092
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1168300
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author Otarbayeva, Zhansaya
Baizhumanova, Bibianar
Tuyakova, Ulbossyn
Mambetalina, Aliya
Umirzakova, Assem
Kulzhabayeva, Lyazzat
author_facet Otarbayeva, Zhansaya
Baizhumanova, Bibianar
Tuyakova, Ulbossyn
Mambetalina, Aliya
Umirzakova, Assem
Kulzhabayeva, Lyazzat
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description The purpose of this paper is to quantify the factors that disrupt the mental health of kindergarten (KG) teachers. For this, the researchers conducted an electronic survey of preschool teachers (n = 587) on a popular educational platform with the Symptom Checklist-90-R and content analysis of interviews in practicing KG teachers (n = 105) with an open discussion of the main stressors during professional activities. Self-reports indicated that depression, interpersonal sensitivity, and anxiety were the main mental health symptoms. ANOVA has revealed that total teaching experience is a statistically significant factor for the mental health of KG teachers: F(2.60) = 5.99. According to respondents, the main stressors included concern for the children’s health, fear of injuries, and difficulties in communicating with parents. The synthesis of results allowed for proposing six specific steps for mental health care in KG teachers. The findings are important for administrators and officials of preschool education. The proposed approach can become a theoretical basis for finding ways of mental health care for practicing teachers in further research.
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spelling pubmed-103439502023-07-14 Peculiarities of occupational mental health care in kindergarten teachers Otarbayeva, Zhansaya Baizhumanova, Bibianar Tuyakova, Ulbossyn Mambetalina, Aliya Umirzakova, Assem Kulzhabayeva, Lyazzat Front Psychol Psychology The purpose of this paper is to quantify the factors that disrupt the mental health of kindergarten (KG) teachers. For this, the researchers conducted an electronic survey of preschool teachers (n = 587) on a popular educational platform with the Symptom Checklist-90-R and content analysis of interviews in practicing KG teachers (n = 105) with an open discussion of the main stressors during professional activities. Self-reports indicated that depression, interpersonal sensitivity, and anxiety were the main mental health symptoms. ANOVA has revealed that total teaching experience is a statistically significant factor for the mental health of KG teachers: F(2.60) = 5.99. According to respondents, the main stressors included concern for the children’s health, fear of injuries, and difficulties in communicating with parents. The synthesis of results allowed for proposing six specific steps for mental health care in KG teachers. The findings are important for administrators and officials of preschool education. The proposed approach can become a theoretical basis for finding ways of mental health care for practicing teachers in further research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10343950/ /pubmed/37457092 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1168300 Text en Copyright © 2023 Otarbayeva, Baizhumanova, Tuyakova, Mambetalina, Umirzakova and Kulzhabayeva. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Tuyakova, Ulbossyn
Mambetalina, Aliya
Umirzakova, Assem
Kulzhabayeva, Lyazzat
Peculiarities of occupational mental health care in kindergarten teachers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457092
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