Trial reportMedicine2020
Managing job stress in teachers of children with autism: A rational emotive occupational health coaching control trial.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Differential attrition and engagement in randomized controlled trials of occupational mental health interventions in person and online: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Pooled it
- Stress in teachers of children with neuro-developmental disorders: Effect of blended rational emotive behavioral therapy.Science progress · 2021Trial
- Effectiveness of rational emotive occupational health coaching in reducing burnout symptoms among teachers of children with autism.Science progressTrial
- Mental health interventions for occupational stress and burnout among special education teachers: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Interventions to Reduce Burnout Among University Lecturers: A Systematic Literature Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Interventions to Reduce Stress and Burnout among Teachers: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Intervention Programs Targeting the Mental Health, Professional Burnout, and/or Wellbeing of School Teachers: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.Educational psychology review · 2023Article
- Online cognitive-behavioral intervention for stress among English as a second language teachers: implications for school health policy.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Evaluating Coaching Intervention for Financial Risk Perception and Credit Risk Management in a Nigerian Sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- A blended rational emotive occupational health coaching for job-stress among teachers of children with special education needs.Internet interventions · 2021Article
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14 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectiveTeaching has been found to be 1 of the most stressful occupations worldwide. Stress associated with teaching is more critical among teachers teaching children with special needs in general and those with autism specifically, partly due to the heterogeneous nature of the disorders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Occupational Health Coaching (REOHC) in minimizing job stress in teachers of children with autism (CWA).
methodsA group-randomized waitlist control-trial design was adopted. A sample of 87 teachers of CWA who participated in the study was randomized into the immediate intervention group (IIG) and waitlist group (WLG). Participants were evaluated on 3 occasions: pretest, post-test and follow-up. Three instruments (Occupational Stress Index, Perceived Occupational Stress Scale and Stress Symptom Scale) were used to measure dimensions of job stress. After the pretest exercise, the IIG participated in a 2-hour REOHC programme weekly for a period of 12 weeks. Post- and follow-up evaluations were conducted respectively at 2 weeks and 3 months after the REOHC programme. Those in WLG were exposed to the REOHC after the follow-up assessment. Data collected were analysed using t-test statistics, repeated measures analysis of variance and bar charts.
resultsResults revealed that the perceived stress and stress symptoms of the REOHC group reduced significantly over WLG at post-test, and follow-up assessments. Changes in the occupational stress index scores across pre-, post- and follow-up measurements were minimal and could not account for a significant difference between the IIG and WLG.
conclusionIt was concluded that REOHC is effective in reducing subjective feelings and physiological symptoms of job stress, even when the objective stressors remain constant among teachers of CWA and other employees who work in stressful occupational environments.
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