The role of teachers' depressive symptoms in classroom quality and child developmental outcomes in Early Head Start programs

Teacher Depressive Symptoms and Child Math Achievement in Head Start: The Roles of Family–Teacher Relationships and Approaches to Learning

“…Third, we used teacher self-reported depressive symptoms, collected at a single time point, which is not necessarily an indicator of clinically diagnosed depression, or the teacher's depressive state throughout the school year. Even though teachers' depressive symptoms are more likely to reflect individual perceptions on their feeling and emotion, it is still worth examining the associations with their practices in a classroom level because psychological aspects are related to their behaviors and perceptions on children's development (Jeon et al, 2014;Kwon, Jeon, Jeon, & Castle, 2019). In addition, clinical levels of depressive symptoms, or evidence of sustained depressive symptoms, may have different effects (e.g., more negative) on teachers' sensitivity and responsiveness toward children.…”

“…Furthermore, HS could consider more systemic changes that help to target programmatic elements that may induce, or exacerbate, teachers' depressive symptoms or negative psychological well-being. Admittedly, the research examining ECE teacher well-being, as well as its antecedents and consequences, is still in its infancy (Kwon et al, 2019;Roberts et al, 2016), but there are likely systemic and structural changes, such as increased wages, more paid vacation, or leadership training focused on creating a positive workplace culture, HS could make to decrease teachers' depressive symptoms.…”

Physical, Mental, and Financial Stress Impacts of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Educators

“…Stressed teachers suffer from depletion and are often less able to attend emotionally to children (Zinsser et al, 2013 ). Kwon et al ( 2019 ) found that the psychological distress (i.e., depressive symptoms) in Early Head Start teachers was directly associated with their reports of children’s behavioral problems as well as the quality of emotional supports they were able to provide to the children. The study also speculated that the children react and learn from teachers’ negative moods with resultant behavioral issues and poor self-regulation.…”

Workplace Mental State Monitoring during VR-Based Training for Offshore Environment

“…Workplace stress is one of the causes of mental health problems among adults [ 2 , 56 ]. Self-reports of mental health and work-related stress are often under-reported due to concern of societal stigma and backlash of employment [ 57 ]. Aside from professional help, conventional approaches of managing mental health usually depend on personal resources or social supports.…”