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Mindfulness and Yoga Self-Care Workshop for Northern Ugandan Teachers: A Pilot Study 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Matsuba, M. Kyle,Williams, Lenny
  • 학회/출판사/기관명SAGE
  • 출판년도2020
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기School psychology international
  • 발행사항Vol.41No.4[2020]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0143-0343
  • 소개/요약Teacher stress is evident in many developed countries; however, teacher stress is also evident in many low-income sub-Saharan countries such as Uganda where teachers face additional challenges compared to their North American/European counterpart. The goal of this study was to pilot test a mindfulness and yoga self-care workshop designed for teachers working in post-conflict Northern Uganda to help them cope with stress. Twenty teachers participated in the workshop and were compared to a group of matched wait-list teachers on psychological well-being measures. Results show that self-care teachers showed greater reductions in levels of anger, fear, sadness and perceived hostility, and greater increases in levels of emotional support and friendship compared to wait-list teachers. Moreover, longitudinal exploratory data analyses suggest that many of these effects gradually emerge over the course of the three-month school term. These finds are discussed in the context of how school psychologists can help teachers in developing countries through from yoga-