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Managing job stress among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders: A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy with yoga

BACKGROUND: Job-related stress undermines occupational, personal, and organizational outcomes. Stress symptoms are common among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders and affect the academic progress of the children. This study investigated the effectiveness of yoga-based cognitive beha...

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Autores principales: Akanaeme, Immaculata N., Ekwealor, Felicia Ngozi, Ifeluni, Clara N., Onyishi, Charity N., Obikwelu, Chizoba L., Ohia, Nkiru Christiana, Obayi, Loveline N., Nwaoga, Chinyere Theresa, Okafor, Agnes E., Victor-Aigbodion, Vera, Ejiofor, Toochukwu E., Afiaenyi, Ifeoma C., Ekomaru, Chinyere I., Dike, Ibiwari Caroline
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8601364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34797272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027312
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author Akanaeme, Immaculata N.
Ekwealor, Felicia Ngozi
Ifeluni, Clara N.
Onyishi, Charity N.
Obikwelu, Chizoba L.
Ohia, Nkiru Christiana
Obayi, Loveline N.
Nwaoga, Chinyere Theresa
Okafor, Agnes E.
Victor-Aigbodion, Vera
Ejiofor, Toochukwu E.
Afiaenyi, Ifeoma C.
Ekomaru, Chinyere I.
Dike, Ibiwari Caroline
author_facet Akanaeme, Immaculata N.
Ekwealor, Felicia Ngozi
Ifeluni, Clara N.
Onyishi, Charity N.
Obikwelu, Chizoba L.
Ohia, Nkiru Christiana
Obayi, Loveline N.
Nwaoga, Chinyere Theresa
Okafor, Agnes E.
Victor-Aigbodion, Vera
Ejiofor, Toochukwu E.
Afiaenyi, Ifeoma C.
Ekomaru, Chinyere I.
Dike, Ibiwari Caroline
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description BACKGROUND: Job-related stress undermines occupational, personal, and organizational outcomes. Stress symptoms are common among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders and affect the academic progress of the children. This study investigated the effectiveness of yoga-based cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing occupational stress among teachers of children with autism in Lagos states, Nigeria. METHODS: The current study adopted a group-randomized waitlist control (WLC) trial design with pre-test, posttest, and follow-up assessments. Participants included 58 teachers of children with autism in public and private special schools in Lagos state. Participants were randomly assigned to combined cognitive behavioral therapy and yoga (Y-CBT) (N = 29) and WLC (N = 29) groups. The Y-CBT group participated in a 2 hours Y-CBT program weekly for 12 weeks. Three instruments – Demographic Questionnaire, Single-Item Stress Questionnaire, and Teachers’ Stress Inventory (TSI) were used to collect data. Data were collected at baseline; posttest and follow-up evaluations. Data were analyzed using means, standard deviations, t test statistics, repeated measures analysis of variance, and bar charts. RESULTS: Results revealed that all dimensions of job stress (perception of stress sources, stress manifestation, and total TSI scores) reduced significantly at posttest and follow up assessments among the Y-CBT group, compared to the WLC. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that Y-CBT modalities could help to minimize the perception of stress sources and stress manifestation as well as total TSI scores among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders.
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spelling pubmed-86013642021-11-20 Managing job stress among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders: A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy with yoga Akanaeme, Immaculata N. Ekwealor, Felicia Ngozi Ifeluni, Clara N. Onyishi, Charity N. Obikwelu, Chizoba L. Ohia, Nkiru Christiana Obayi, Loveline N. Nwaoga, Chinyere Theresa Okafor, Agnes E. Victor-Aigbodion, Vera Ejiofor, Toochukwu E. Afiaenyi, Ifeoma C. Ekomaru, Chinyere I. Dike, Ibiwari Caroline Medicine (Baltimore) 5000 BACKGROUND: Job-related stress undermines occupational, personal, and organizational outcomes. Stress symptoms are common among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders and affect the academic progress of the children. This study investigated the effectiveness of yoga-based cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing occupational stress among teachers of children with autism in Lagos states, Nigeria. METHODS: The current study adopted a group-randomized waitlist control (WLC) trial design with pre-test, posttest, and follow-up assessments. Participants included 58 teachers of children with autism in public and private special schools in Lagos state. Participants were randomly assigned to combined cognitive behavioral therapy and yoga (Y-CBT) (N = 29) and WLC (N = 29) groups. The Y-CBT group participated in a 2 hours Y-CBT program weekly for 12 weeks. Three instruments – Demographic Questionnaire, Single-Item Stress Questionnaire, and Teachers’ Stress Inventory (TSI) were used to collect data. Data were collected at baseline; posttest and follow-up evaluations. Data were analyzed using means, standard deviations, t test statistics, repeated measures analysis of variance, and bar charts. RESULTS: Results revealed that all dimensions of job stress (perception of stress sources, stress manifestation, and total TSI scores) reduced significantly at posttest and follow up assessments among the Y-CBT group, compared to the WLC. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that Y-CBT modalities could help to minimize the perception of stress sources and stress manifestation as well as total TSI scores among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8601364/ /pubmed/34797272 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027312 Text en Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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Akanaeme, Immaculata N.
Ekwealor, Felicia Ngozi
Ifeluni, Clara N.
Onyishi, Charity N.
Obikwelu, Chizoba L.
Ohia, Nkiru Christiana
Obayi, Loveline N.
Nwaoga, Chinyere Theresa
Okafor, Agnes E.
Victor-Aigbodion, Vera
Ejiofor, Toochukwu E.
Afiaenyi, Ifeoma C.
Ekomaru, Chinyere I.
Dike, Ibiwari Caroline
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8601364/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027312
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