Work Stress in School Teachers and Health Promotion : The Field Intervention Study.

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Background. School teaching is regarded as a stressful occupation. Recently, it has happened to many critical incidental events such as major accidents and criminal affairs at school activities. However, perceived mental health status due to the perception of the job and major events as stressful may be influenced by coping responses and social support, as well as the field intervention for health promotion. Aims. To asses the effectiveness of the emergency intervention for critical incidental events, we followed-up 2 weeks, 3 and 6months after occurring at the events in schools by measuring GHQ-28 as index of the mental health status of teachers acute and chronic stress responses.Method. It was 11 field intervention studies for 6 primary schools. 3 junior high schools and 2 high schools. GHQ-28 questionnaire were administered to 273 (male : 135, female : 139) teachers, mean age of 42.2 with mean job history of 19.3 years and followed-up for 2 weeks, 3 and 6 months following the critical support activities.Results. We observed significant decreases in subscale scores of GHQ-28 in teachers supported by the intervention for health promotion as compared with those without the intervention. Conclusions. These findings suggest that a short-term psychological intervention can help modulate mental functioning, and these alleviations are related to expression of traumatic events in a teaching environment. It is suggested that the field intervention not only moderate the impact of acute stressors on well-being but influence the appraisal of environmental demands as stressful.