ERIC Number: EJ1153325
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
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Teacher Stress Predicts Child Executive Function: Moderation by School Poverty
Neuenschwander, Regula; Friedman-Krauss, Allison; Raver, Cybele; Blair, Clancy
Early Education and Development, v28 n7 p880-900 2017
Research Findings: Recent research has explored relations between classroom quality and child executive function (EF), but little is known about how teachers' well-being, including stress, relates to child EF--a crucial component of self-regulation. We hypothesized that teacher stress is negatively or curvilinearly related to child EF and classroom quality may be one mechanism explaining this relation. Furthermore, as working with young, low-income children may be particularly stressful, we tested the extent to which the relation between teacher stress and child EF varies by school-level poverty. Two-level hierarchical linear models using a sample of 171 kindergarten children and 33 teachers revealed a marginally significant linear relation between teacher stress and child EF (spring) controlling for baseline child EF (fall); there was no evidence for mediation by classroom quality. School-level poverty moderated the relation between teacher stress and child EF: Children attending low-poverty schools demonstrated smaller gains in EF when their teachers reported higher stress levels. However, in high-poverty schools high levels of teacher stress were not a risk factor for child EF. Practice or Policy: These novel findings are a first step to understanding how teachers' well-being relates to child EF across schools and have implications for supporting teachers.
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Prediction, Stress Variables, Executive Function, Correlation, Educational Quality, Well Being, Metacognition, Low Income, Poverty, Disadvantaged Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Risk, Prosocial Behavior, Likert Scales, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Task Analysis, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Measures (Individuals), Classroom Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A100058
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