Some social-emotional and cognitive-behavioural initiatives showed no effect or a negative effect on educator wellbeing¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? EI in the Classroom showed no effect on stress, anxiety, teacher efficacy, life satisfaction or resiliency in pre-service educators. → Emily Berger 2022 q2 i? DBT-ST appeared to have a negative effect on teachers' wellbeing. → Emily Berger 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Emily Berger 2022¶

Emily Berger, Andrea Reupert, Timothy C. H. Campbell, Zoe Morris, Marie Hammer, Zane Diamond, Rochelle Hine, Pamela Patrick, Chantel Fathers. (2022). A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Wellbeing Initiatives for Schoolteachers and Early Childhood Educators. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09690-5

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Vesely et al.'s evaluation of the adapted Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom initiative with 49 undergraduate teacher candidates, as summarised in the review's Table 4: "The initiative did not have an effect on stress, anxiety, teacher efficacy, sat- isfaction with life, or resiliency".

"The initiative did not have an effect on stress, anxiety, teacher efficacy, sat- isfaction with life, or resiliency"

Emily Berger 2022 (2)¶

Emily Berger, Andrea Reupert, Timothy C. H. Campbell, Zoe Morris, Marie Hammer, Zane Diamond, Rochelle Hine, Pamela Patrick, Chantel Fathers. (2022). A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Wellbeing Initiatives for Schoolteachers and Early Childhood Educators. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09690-5

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Justo et al.'s evaluation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy—Skills Training with 27 teachers in Brazilian public primary schools, as summarised in the review: "The initiative appeared to have a negative effect on teachers' wellbeing", with difficulty acting according to goals under negative emotion increasing during the initiative.

"The initiative appeared to have a negative effect on teachers' wellbeing"

Discussion¶

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