ArticleEarly childhood education journal2022
It Matters: Early Childhood Mental Health, Educator Stress, and Burnout.
Article in Early childhood education journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The impact of social-emotional learning interventions on teacher well-being: a meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
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- A path analysis examination of factors affecting early childhood educators' health, burnout, and turnover.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A longitudinal study on emotional burnout among a prospective cohort study of novice early childhood education teachers: change from entry to 24 months.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Spillover effects of work-family conflict on job consequences influencing work attitudes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Migrant parent-child separation in the first three years of life and mental health problems at preschool age: A cross-sectional study.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- A Systematic Review of Research Patterns and Trends in Early Childhood Education Teacher Well-Being from 1993 to 2023: A Trajectory Landscape.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Caring for the Caregiver: Work mistreatment and well-being among Early Childhood Education staff in Colorado.Early childhood education journal · 2024Article
- Proactive personality, burnout, and teaching enjoyment: exploring relationships in Chinese English teachers.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Early childhood educators (ECEs) face several workplace challenges, including young children's difficult behavior and mental health needs, workplace stress, low systemic support, and high levels of burnout. Both education and perceived confidence are often cited as important buffering factors, yet neither is well studied in the existing literature. The present study aimed to better understand and describe these factors. A survey, including both open and closed questions, was sent out to a large group of ECEs. Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics, T-tests, and the constant comparison method of qualitative coding. Findings suggest that the types of training ECEs have had is related to their comfort in recognizing and responding to young children's mental health and challenging behaviors. Both systemic changes and didactic needs were cited as necessary to further support ECEs. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10643-022-01438-8.
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