Stress contagion in the classroom? The link between classroom teacher burnout and morning cortisol in elementary school students

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-37

  Oberle, Eva ^a,b   Schonert Reichl, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b

^c Canada

Author keywords

Middle childhood; Stress; Teacher burnout; Teacher student relationships; Well being

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JOB STRESS; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS ASSESSMENT; TEACHER; COMPLICATION; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL TEACHER; STANDARDS; STUDENT; TRENDS;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SCHOOL TEACHERS; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 84964801236     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.04.031     Document Type: Article

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