{"id":75343,"date":"2024-12-27T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=75343"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T06:55:00","slug":"walking-into-stress-in-2025-take-steps-now-to-prepare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/walking-into-stress-in-2025-take-steps-now-to-prepare\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking into stress in 2025? Take steps now to prepare"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Five years ago, I began a research project into\u00a0emotional labour<\/a>, compassion fatigue and burnout in Alberta\u2019s educational workers.<\/p>\n

The results from\u00a0the earliest study<\/a>\u00a0suggested a wide scope of emotional and mental distress among teachers, educational assistants, school leaders and support staff.<\/p>\n

This distress has been documented\u00a0globally<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0across Canada<\/a>, suggesting educator mental and emotional well-being continues to decline and interventions are needed.<\/p>\n

How educators manage burnout<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Recently, my research team analyzed\u00a0the specific interventions<\/a>\u00a0that our 4,000 survey respondents used to manage their symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout. Educational worker respondents were recruited online through Alberta Teachers\u2019 Association and internal newsletters and social media. Responses were collected across three periods (2020, 2021 and 2023). We defined intervention as a practice or strategy used to address distress or suffering.<\/p>\n

Overwhelmingly, our respondents indicated that they used self-directed or individual interventions to deal with workplace distress such as going to a gym, walking alone, talking to friends and spouses or pursuing hobbies.<\/p>\n

While individual interventions are one part of dealing with distress, a single person cannot self-care themselves out of the effects of a toxic workplace or organizational culture.
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