How Does the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Teachers Compare to Other Professions? Evidence from Eleven Survey Datasets

Autor/inn/en	Jerrim, John; Sims, Sam; Taylor, Hannah; Allen, Rebecca
Titel	How Does the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Teachers Compare to Other Professions? Evidence from Eleven Survey Datasets
Quelle	In: Review of Education, 8 (2020) 3, S.659-689 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jerrim, John) ORCID (Sims, Sam)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2049-6613
DOI	10.1002/rev3.3228
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Well Being; Teachers; Professional Personnel; Individual Differences; Surveys; Anxiety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Personalbestand; Individueller Unterschied; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Angst
Abstract	There is growing concern about the mental health and wellbeing of teachers globally, with the stress caused by the job thought to be a key factor driving many to leave the profession. It is often claimed that teachers have worse mental health and wellbeing outcomes than other occupational groups. Yet academic evidence on this matter remains limited, with some studies supporting this notion, while a handful of others do not. We contribute to this debate by providing the largest, most comprehensive analysis of differences in mental health and wellbeing between teachers and other professional workers to date. Drawing upon data from across 11 social surveys, we find little evidence that teachers have worse health and wellbeing outcomes than other occupational groups. Research in this area must now shift away from whether teachers are disproportionately affected by such issues towards strengthening the evidence on the likely drivers of mental ill-health within the education profession. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01