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Michael Osei Aboagye; Collins Opoku Antwi; Kotor Asare; Ntim Seth; Ficus Gyasi; Frimpong Kwasi – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
This study examines how asymmetric job conditions deplete the psychological resources of the ECE workforce in a lower-middle-income country (LMIC). Specifically, this preliminary study, using data from preschool teaching staff, examined the influence of (a) job demands (emotional demand, workload, role conflict and work-family conflict) on…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Work Environment, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Burnout
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Reetta Lehto; Elviira Lehto; Mari Saha; Ali Moazami-Goodarzi; Katri Sääksjärvi; Marja Leppänen; Henna Vepsäläinen; Kaija Nissinen; Maijaliisa Erkkola; Nina Sajaniemi – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
This study examined several early childhood education and care (ECEC) factors and their relation to children's salivary cortisol slope and hair cortisol concentration (HCC). The study is part of the cross-sectional DAGIS study, conducted in 2015-2016, examining 66 preschools and 677 children aged 3-6 years in Finland. Two saliva samples from one…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Stress Variables, Physiology
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Schreyer, Inge; Krause, Martin – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2016
This article investigates links between staff working conditions in children's day care centres ("Kindertageseinrichtungen"--known as "Kitas" in Germany), job satisfaction, commitment and perceived stress at work. Data are based on the nationwide, representative questionnaire survey AQUA ("Arbeitsplatz und Qualität in…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers, Foreign Countries