The effect of COVID-19 on schoolteachers’ emotional reactions and mental health: longitudinal results from the CLASS study

• DOI: 10.1007/s00420-021-01806-8
• Publication Date: 2021-10-19T00:07:34Z
• Authors: Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen; Karl Bang Christe...; Nina Vibe Fuglsang; Inge Larsen; Charlotte Juul Ni...
• Keywords: Pandemic; Longitudinal Study

We investigated schoolteachers' emotional reactions to COVID-19 and mental health during three phases of the pandemic. further analyzed if teachers, who belonged a risk group, had more poorer than "non-risk" groups.We collected questionnaire data in May, June, November-December 2020 used from 2665 teachers at public schools (871 individuals participated all surveys). Participants reported their fear infection, transmission infection home or pupils, perceived burnout stress, worries about ability manage working conditions. included information group status, gender, age, organization teaching (physical presence remote teaching), pupils' grade. estimated prevalence ratios took repeated measures into account.Emotional poor increased significantly with 27-84% May 2020. Teachers, were particularly vulnerable adverse consequences COVID-19, highest health.Teachers play crucial role society's response Yet, dual virus control along concerns regarding an may contribute observed increase health.