Teacher Stress and Students' School Well-being: the Case of Upper Secondary Schools in Stockholm

Joacim Ramberg, Sara Brolin Låftman, Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Bitte Modin
2019 Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research  
Stress and stress-related complaints such as fatigue and depressed mood are common among teachers. Yet, knowledge about the links between the overall level of teacher stress within a school and individual student outcomes is scarce. This study investigates if the levels of teacherreported stress, fatigue and depressed mood within a school are associated with students' ratings of their school satisfaction and perceived teacher caring, respectively. Data derives from two separate data collections
more » ... performed in upper secondary schools in 2016, the Stockholm School Survey (SSS) and the Stockholm Teacher Survey (STS), which were linked together (5367 students and 1045 teachers in 46 schools). Two-level linear regression analyses were performed. Results showed negative associations between school-level teacher stress, fatigue, and depressed mood and students' school satisfaction and perceived teacher caring, even when controlling for student-and school-level sociodemographic characteristics. The findings suggest that teacher stress may have negative implications for students. ARTICLE HISTORY
doi:10.1080/00313831.2019.1623308 fatcat:x55gflcydzcshoi4pk3kcecmdy