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      A blended rational emotive occupational health coaching for job-stress among teachers of children with special education needs

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          Background/objectives

          Heightened stress tends to undermine both teachers' efficacy and students' outcomes. Managing job stress in teachers of children with special education needs is continually recommended due to the increased demands for the teachers to adapt curriculum content, learning materials and learning environments for learning. This study investigated the efficacy of blended Rational Emotive Occupational Health Coaching in reducing occupational stress among teachers of children with special needs in Abia State, Nigeria.

          Method

          The current study adopted a group-randomized waitlist control trial design with pretest, post-test and follow-up assessments. Participants ( N = 83) included teachers of children with special education needs in inclusive and specialized schools. The bREOHC group was exposed to intersession face-to-face and online REOC program weekly for twelve (12) weeks. Data were collected using Single Item Stress Questionnaire (SISQ), Teachers' Stress Inventory and Participants' Satisfaction questionnaire (PSQ). Data collected at baseline; post-test as well as follow-up 1 and 2 evaluations were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test statistics, repeated measures ANOVA and bar charts.

          Results

          Results revealed that the mean perceived stress, stress symptoms and the total teachers' stress score of the bREOHC group at post-test and follow up assessments reduced significantly, compared to the waitlisted group. Participants also reported high level of satisfaction with the therapy and procedures.

          Conclusion

          From the findings of this study, we conclude that blended REOHC is efficacious in occupational stress management among teachers of children with special education needs.

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          • Teachers of children with special needs undergo unequal stress.

          • A group-randomized waitlist control trial design gave the opportunity to offer intervention to all participants.

          • bREOHC is effective in reducing perceived stress, stress symptoms and the total teachers’ stress score

          • Reduced stress following bREOHC was sustained at follow-up.

          • Participants reported high level of satisfaction with the therapy when exposed to bREOHC.

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            The Role of Nature in Coping with Psycho-Physiological Stress: A Literature Review on Restorativeness

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              The Effects of Psychological Stress on Depression

              Major depressive disorder is a serious mental disorder that profoundly affects an individual's quality of life. Although the aetiologies underlying this disorder remain unclear, an increasing attention has been focused on the influence imposed by psychological stress over depression. Despite limited animal models of psychological stress, significant progress has been made as to be explicated in this review to elucidate the physiopathology underlying depression and to treat depressive symptoms. Therefore, we will review classical models along with new methods that will enrich our knowledge of this disorder.
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                Contributors
                Journal
                Internet Interv
                Internet Interv
                Internet Interventions
                Elsevier
                2214-7829
                11 November 2021
                December 2021
                11 November 2021
                : 26
                : 100482
                Affiliations
                [a ]Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
                [b ]Department of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
                Author notes
                [* ]Corresponding author at: 203 Bab Fafunwa Building, Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. paulinus.nwankwo@ 123456unn.edu.ng
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                S2214-7829(21)00122-6 100482
                10.1016/j.invent.2021.100482
                8604685
                34824983
                97092dc4-718e-42f7-884e-1bd1c1c6f07b
                © 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V.

                This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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                : 14 July 2021
                : 1 November 2021
                : 10 November 2021
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                rational emotive occupational health coaching,job-stress,children with special needs,teachers,education

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