Pandemic-related threats and well-being: A longitudinal study of preschool teachers in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 3.2 1区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Early Childhood Research Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI:10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.11.001

Julia Steigleder , Lilly Buhr , Jan-Henning Ehm , Caterina Gawrilow , Antje von Suchodoletz

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Abstract

Working conditions in the field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) changed significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand how these changes affected preschool teachers, a longitudinal study was conducted in Germany from September 2020 to February 2022, a period that covers different phases of the global health crisis. Multilevel models were used to observe phase-specific changes and to test whether preschool teachers’ emotion regulation strategies moderated relationships between COVID-19 infection threat, economic threat, affective well-being, and COVID-19 related mental strain. A total of 388 preschool teachers (M = 37.54 years) participated in the online survey study (M=4.78 out of max. 16 participations). Results highlighted phases of higher and lower COVID-19 related threat perception and showed associations between perceived infection and economic threat and affective well-being and mental strain. Findings indicated that the extent of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression moderated the associations between COVID-19 infection threat and positive affect, as well as the association between economic threat and mental strain. Phase-specific changes and differences in change rates were discussed in the context of potential prevention and intervention measures.

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与大流行病相关的威胁和幸福感：COVID-19 大流行期间德国学龄前教师的纵向研究

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，幼儿教育和保育（ECEC）领域的工作条件发生了显著变化。为了解这些变化对学前教师的影响，我们在德国开展了一项纵向研究，研究时间为 2020 年 9 月至 2022 年 2 月，这一时期涵盖了全球健康危机的不同阶段。研究采用多层次模型观察特定阶段的变化，并检验学前教师的情绪调节策略是否调节了 COVID-19 感染威胁、经济威胁、情感幸福感和 COVID-19 相关精神压力之间的关系。共有 388 名学前教师（男=37.54 岁）参与了在线调查研究（男=4.78，最多 16 人参与）。调查结果显示，COVID-19 相关威胁感知有高有低，感染感知和经济威胁感知与情感幸福感和精神压力之间存在关联。研究结果表明，认知再评价和表达抑制的程度调节了 COVID-19 感染威胁与积极情绪之间的关系，以及经济威胁与精神压力之间的关系。研究还结合潜在的预防和干预措施，讨论了特定阶段的变化和变化率的差异。

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Early Childhood Research Quarterly Multiple-

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7.00

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8.10%

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109

期刊介绍： For over twenty years, Early Childhood Research Quarterly (ECRQ) has influenced the field of early childhood education and development through the publication of empirical research that meets the highest standards of scholarly and practical significance. ECRQ publishes predominantly empirical research (quantitative or qualitative methods) on issues of interest to early childhood development, theory, and educational practice (Birth through 8 years of age). The journal also occasionally publishes practitioner and/or policy perspectives, book reviews, and significant reviews of research. As an applied journal, we are interested in work that has social, policy, and educational relevance and implications and work that strengthens links between research and practice.