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Job strain and sense of coherence: Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers
Background: Teachers constitute an occupational group experiencing high levels of stress and with high sick-leave rates. Therefore, examining potentially protective factors is important. While prior research has mainly focused on the link between teachers’ own experiences of their work environment a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9203657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33977811 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948211011812 |
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author | Ramberg, Joacim Låftman, Sara Brolin Nilbrink, Jannike Olsson, Gabriella Toivanen, Susanna |
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description | Background: Teachers constitute an occupational group experiencing high levels of stress and with high sick-leave rates. Therefore, examining potentially protective factors is important. While prior research has mainly focused on the link between teachers’ own experiences of their work environment and stress-related outcomes, it is also possible that colleagues’ perception of the work environment and their possibilities for dealing with work-related stress contribute to influencing individual teachers’ stress. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how teachers’ reports of high job strain (i.e. high demands and low control) and sense of coherence (SOC), as well as the concentration of colleagues reporting high strain and high SOC, were associated with perceived stress and depressed mood. Methods: The data were derived from the Stockholm Teacher Survey, with information from two cross-sectional web surveys performed in 2014 and in 2016 (N=2732 teachers in 205 school units). Two-level random intercept linear regression models were performed. Results: High job strain at the individual level was associated with higher levels of perceived stress and depressed mood, but less so for individuals with high SOC. Furthermore, a greater proportion of colleagues reporting high SOC was associated with lower levels of perceived stress and depressed mood at the individual level. Conclusions: High SOC may be protective against work-related stress among teachers. Additionally, the proportion of colleagues reporting high SOC was related to less individual stress, suggesting a protective effect of school-level collective SOC. |
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spelling | pubmed-92036572022-06-18 Job strain and sense of coherence: Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers Ramberg, Joacim Låftman, Sara Brolin Nilbrink, Jannike Olsson, Gabriella Toivanen, Susanna Scand J Public Health Original Articles Background: Teachers constitute an occupational group experiencing high levels of stress and with high sick-leave rates. Therefore, examining potentially protective factors is important. While prior research has mainly focused on the link between teachers’ own experiences of their work environment and stress-related outcomes, it is also possible that colleagues’ perception of the work environment and their possibilities for dealing with work-related stress contribute to influencing individual teachers’ stress. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how teachers’ reports of high job strain (i.e. high demands and low control) and sense of coherence (SOC), as well as the concentration of colleagues reporting high strain and high SOC, were associated with perceived stress and depressed mood. Methods: The data were derived from the Stockholm Teacher Survey, with information from two cross-sectional web surveys performed in 2014 and in 2016 (N=2732 teachers in 205 school units). Two-level random intercept linear regression models were performed. Results: High job strain at the individual level was associated with higher levels of perceived stress and depressed mood, but less so for individuals with high SOC. Furthermore, a greater proportion of colleagues reporting high SOC was associated with lower levels of perceived stress and depressed mood at the individual level. Conclusions: High SOC may be protective against work-related stress among teachers. Additionally, the proportion of colleagues reporting high SOC was related to less individual stress, suggesting a protective effect of school-level collective SOC. SAGE Publications 2021-05-12 2022-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9203657/ /pubmed/33977811 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948211011812 Text en © Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Ramberg, Joacim Låftman, Sara Brolin Nilbrink, Jannike Olsson, Gabriella Toivanen, Susanna Job strain and sense of coherence: Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers |
title | Job strain and sense of coherence: Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers |
title_full | Job strain and sense of coherence: Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers |
title_fullStr | Job strain and sense of coherence: Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers |
title_full_unstemmed | Job strain and sense of coherence: Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers |
title_short | Job strain and sense of coherence: Associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers |
title_sort | job strain and sense of coherence: associations with stress-related outcomes among teachers |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9203657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33977811 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948211011812 |
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