“…The main reasons for medical work excuses among these basic education teachers have been anxiety, stress and depression, as confirmed by a survey released by the National Confederation of Workers in Education1. These problems are influenced by aspects related to the work environment, such as the high workload (Sinott, da Rosa Afonso, Ribeiro, & Farias, 2014), student-related difficulties (Gomes, Silva, & Silva, 2010;Koga et al, 2015), working time (Souza & Costa, 2011), lack of structure/physical space and violence in schools (Pereira, Teixeira, Andrade, Bleyer, & Lopes, 2014;Silveira, Enumo, & Batista, 2014), the lack of pedagogical resources, non-active leadership (Moreira, Collet, Farias, & Nascimento, 2008) and the devaluation of the teacher role, both socially and economically (Gomes et al, 2010).…”