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Longitudinal Associations Between Core Self-Evaluation, Vital Exhaustion and Hair Cortisol in Teachers and the Mediating Effects of Resignation Tendency

Work-related stress appears to be especially high among teachers. However, most research on teacher stress relies exclusively on teachers’ self-reports. Little is known about the physiological correlates of affective stress in teachers. This longitudinal study investigates the relationship between c...

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Autores principales: Schneider, Sandra, Wettstein, Alexander, Tschacher, Wolfgang, Torchetti, Loredana, Jenni, Gabriel, Kühne, Fabienne, grosse Holtforth, Martin, La Marca, Roberto
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9302200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35874408
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.907056
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author Schneider, Sandra
Wettstein, Alexander
Tschacher, Wolfgang
Torchetti, Loredana
Jenni, Gabriel
Kühne, Fabienne
grosse Holtforth, Martin
La Marca, Roberto
author_facet Schneider, Sandra
Wettstein, Alexander
Tschacher, Wolfgang
Torchetti, Loredana
Jenni, Gabriel
Kühne, Fabienne
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La Marca, Roberto
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description Work-related stress appears to be especially high among teachers. However, most research on teacher stress relies exclusively on teachers’ self-reports. Little is known about the physiological correlates of affective stress in teachers. This longitudinal study investigates the relationship between core self-evaluation and adverse psychological and physiological stress outcomes in 42 teachers. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess core self-evaluation, vital exhaustion, and resignation tendency. The concentration of cortisol was assessed using hair samples. One year after the initial measurement, vital exhaustion and hair cortisol were assessed again. Path-analytic mediational models showed that core self-evaluation strongly predicted vital exhaustion, and resignation tendency partially mediated this relationship. However, core self-evaluation did not predict hair cortisol concentration. These findings suggest that core self-evaluation plays a crucial role in preventing vital exhaustion among teachers. A positive core self-evaluation seems beneficial for teachers’ primary and secondary appraisal and an essential resource for the long-term prevention of self-reported vital exhaustion.
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spelling pubmed-93022002022-07-22 Longitudinal Associations Between Core Self-Evaluation, Vital Exhaustion and Hair Cortisol in Teachers and the Mediating Effects of Resignation Tendency Schneider, Sandra Wettstein, Alexander Tschacher, Wolfgang Torchetti, Loredana Jenni, Gabriel Kühne, Fabienne grosse Holtforth, Martin La Marca, Roberto Front Psychol Psychology Work-related stress appears to be especially high among teachers. However, most research on teacher stress relies exclusively on teachers’ self-reports. Little is known about the physiological correlates of affective stress in teachers. This longitudinal study investigates the relationship between core self-evaluation and adverse psychological and physiological stress outcomes in 42 teachers. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess core self-evaluation, vital exhaustion, and resignation tendency. The concentration of cortisol was assessed using hair samples. One year after the initial measurement, vital exhaustion and hair cortisol were assessed again. Path-analytic mediational models showed that core self-evaluation strongly predicted vital exhaustion, and resignation tendency partially mediated this relationship. However, core self-evaluation did not predict hair cortisol concentration. These findings suggest that core self-evaluation plays a crucial role in preventing vital exhaustion among teachers. A positive core self-evaluation seems beneficial for teachers’ primary and secondary appraisal and an essential resource for the long-term prevention of self-reported vital exhaustion. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9302200/ /pubmed/35874408 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.907056 Text en Copyright © 2022 Schneider, Wettstein, Tschacher, Torchetti, Jenni, Kühne, grosse Holtforth and La Marca. 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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Schneider, Sandra
Wettstein, Alexander
Tschacher, Wolfgang
Torchetti, Loredana
Jenni, Gabriel
Kühne, Fabienne
grosse Holtforth, Martin
La Marca, Roberto
Longitudinal Associations Between Core Self-Evaluation, Vital Exhaustion and Hair Cortisol in Teachers and the Mediating Effects of Resignation Tendency
title Longitudinal Associations Between Core Self-Evaluation, Vital Exhaustion and Hair Cortisol in Teachers and the Mediating Effects of Resignation Tendency
title_full Longitudinal Associations Between Core Self-Evaluation, Vital Exhaustion and Hair Cortisol in Teachers and the Mediating Effects of Resignation Tendency
title_fullStr Longitudinal Associations Between Core Self-Evaluation, Vital Exhaustion and Hair Cortisol in Teachers and the Mediating Effects of Resignation Tendency
title_full_unstemmed Longitudinal Associations Between Core Self-Evaluation, Vital Exhaustion and Hair Cortisol in Teachers and the Mediating Effects of Resignation Tendency
title_short Longitudinal Associations Between Core Self-Evaluation, Vital Exhaustion and Hair Cortisol in Teachers and the Mediating Effects of Resignation Tendency
title_sort longitudinal associations between core self-evaluation, vital exhaustion and hair cortisol in teachers and the mediating effects of resignation tendency
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9302200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35874408
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.907056
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