Schneider, Sandra; Wettstein, Alexander; Tschacher, Wolfgang; Torchetti, Loredana; Jenni, Gabriel; Kühne, Fabienne; grosse Holtforth, Martin; La Marca, Roberto (2022). Longitudinal Associations Between Core Self-Evaluation, Vital Exhaustion and Hair Cortisol in Teachers and the Mediating Effects of Resignation Tendency. Frontiers in psychology, 13, p. 907056. Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.907056
|
Text
fpsyg-13-907056.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons: Attribution (CC-BY). Download (456kB) | Preview |
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.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
|---|---|
Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology > Centre of Competence for Psychosomatic Medicine 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Tschacher, Wolfgang, Grosse Holtforth, Martin |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1664-1078 |
Publisher: |
Frontiers Research Foundation |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
26 Jul 2022 09:45 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:22 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyg.2022.907056 |
PubMed ID: |
35874408 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
core self-evaluation hair cortisol longitudinal design resignation tendency teacher stress vital exhaustion |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/171537 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/171537 |
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit item |