“…In line with this, Klusmann et al (2008) found that contextual factors such as school size, the size of taught courses, the school district, the socioeconomic status of students, and their cognitive abilities are only slightly associated with stress-related symptoms of exhaustion among teachers. Instead, research suggests that negative personal characteristics, such as maladaptive patterns of self-regulatory abilities (e.g., Schaarschmidt et al, 1999;Schwarzer et al, 2022a) are more strongly associated with higher stress experiences. For instance, Lehr et al (2008) found that teachers with negative patterns of coping strategies characterized by the tendency to resign report strong impairments in well-being, extensive emotional exhaustion, and higher depressive symptoms with overall large effect sizes.…”