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ERIC Number: EJ1258239
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Aug
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-0343
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Mindfulness and Yoga Self-Care Workshop for Northern Ugandan Teachers: A Pilot Study
Matsuba, M. Kyle; Williams, Lenny
School Psychology International, v41 n4 p351-367 Aug 2020
Teacher stress is evident in many developed countries; however, teacher stress is also evident in many low-income sub-Saharan countries such as Uganda where teachers face additional challenges compared to their North American/European counterpart. The goal of this study was to pilot test a mindfulness and yoga self-care workshop designed for teachers working in post-conflict Northern Uganda to help them cope with stress. Twenty teachers participated in the workshop and were compared to a group of matched wait-list teachers on psychological well-being measures. Results show that self-care teachers showed greater reductions in levels of anger, fear, sadness and perceived hostility, and greater increases in levels of emotional support and friendship compared to wait-list teachers. Moreover, longitudinal exploratory data analyses suggest that many of these effects gradually emerge over the course of the three-month school term. These finds are discussed in the context of how school psychologists can help teachers in developing countries through from yoga-based, mindfulness-type programs, and the need for more scaled-up research.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Uganda; Africa
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Interpersonal Reactivity Index
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