A1 Journal article (refereed)
Psychological Detachment as a Mediator Between Successive Days' Job Stress and Negative Affect of Teachers (2022)
Aulén, A.-M., Pakarinen, E., Feldt, T., Tolvanen, A., & Lerkkanen, M.-K. (2022). Psychological Detachment as a Mediator Between Successive Days' Job Stress and Negative Affect of Teachers. Frontiers in Education, 7, Article 903606. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.903606
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Aulén, Anna-Mari; Pakarinen, Eija; Feldt, Taru; Tolvanen, Asko; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina
Journal or series: Frontiers in Education
eISSN: 2504-284X
Publication year: 2022
Publication date: 21/06/2022
Volume: 7
Article number: 903606
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.903606
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82163
Abstract
The study investigated the mediating role of teachers' psychological detachment between successive days' job stress and negative affect. Fifty-seven Finnish teachers answered to a mobile diary four times a day on two successive workdays assessing their negative affect, three times a day assessing their job stress and once a day after work assessing their psychological detachment from work. Two-level modeling on both the between individual level and within day level was used to test the mediational model. The data supported the mediational model where teachers' job stress hinders their psychological detachment, which again increases their negative affect and job stress on the subsequent day. On the basis of our results teachers' occupational health interventions intended to reduce their job stress and support their psychological detachment from work are desirable. In addition, robust work-home segmentation norms within schools are suggested to support teachers' psychological detachment from work.
Keywords: teachers; stress (biological phenomena); effects (results); psychological effects; work burden; work; managing; well-being at work; stress management; recovery (return); diaries; multilevel analysis
Free keywords: teacher; psychological detachment; job stress; negative affect; diary study; multilevel modeling
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- The effects of teacher-student interactions on child outcomes: Behavioral and
psychophysiological mechanisms- Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina
- Academy of Finland
Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2022
Preliminary JUFO rating: 1