Saher Jabeen, Khalid Mushtaq, Abdus Samie, Sarfraz Hassan
Uncovering the rural-urban gap in determinants of infant mortality in Punjab-Pakistan
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives
challenging interactions main source teacher stress classroom investigated association chronic stress characteristics teacherstudent interactions teachers hair cortisol concentration hcc fortyone teachers 27 women mage 3965 1214 years mlesson number 2315 399 lessons per week grade elementary secondary high vocational school teachers participated present study participation lasting length one year hcc assessed 3 cm hair segment near scalp selfreported chronic stress last three months assessed using trier inventory chronic stress tics additionally four consecutive sameday lectures teacher videotaped coded offline event sampling procedure trained external observers videos analyzed two stressors ie classroom disruptions total student aggression well two resources ie teacherstudent relationship classroom management overall hair samples collected 12034 days sd 8439 distribution questionnaires 6763 days sd 1840 prior observations lesson number classroom disruptions well total student aggression significantly positively correlated hcc addition teacherstudent relationship classroom management significantly negatively related hcc regard selfrated chronic stress tics subscale pressure perform positively related hcc exploratory moderation analyses revealed increasingly good observed teacherstudent relationship buffered positive association lesson number hcc findings show significant associations hcc mainly objectively assessable stress supporting hcc biological indicator chronic stress association good relationship teachers students acts buffer findings underline importance examining objective behavioral data better understanding psychobiology stress also support importance boostering teachers social resources increase overall resilience