A Qualitative Study of the Sources and Impact of Stress Among Urban Teachers

School Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Shernoff, Elisa S ^a   Mehta, Tara G ^a   Atkins, Marc S ^a   Torf, Raechel ^b   Spencer, Jordan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Predictors of teacher stress; Teacher effectiveness; Teacher mental health; Teacher stress; Urban schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955783125     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-011-9051-z     Document Type: Article

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