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Well-being and associated factors among elementary school teachers in southern Brazil

  • Mariane Lopez Molina,
  • Amanda Rodrigues Fialho,
  • Paulinia Leal do Amaral,
  • Suelen de Lima Bach,
  • Luise Marques da Rocha,
  • Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-021620171962217
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 6
pp. 812 – 820

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ABSTRACT Purpose: to verify the prevalence of well-being and its association with sociodemographic features, health and work-related conditions, and vocal behavior in elementary school teachers in the city of Pelotas, RS. Methods: a cross-sectional observational study with 575 teachers from urban and rural areas. The participants answered a structured questionnaire that included items on sociodemographic, health and work-related conditions. The Faces Scale (Andrews) was used to evaluate their psychological well-being. The Vocal Behavior Profile verified occurrences of abuse and vocal misuse. Poisson regression was used for the multivariate analysis. Results: of the total sample, 79.5% of teachers experienced well-being. It was observed that vocal behavior profile was significantly associated with well-being, and the number of students in the classroom showed a trend towards significance. Conclusion: most teachers had a satisfactory well-being perception. Moreover, a lower well-being perception in the teaching population was mainly related to abusive vocal behavior and, less clearly, to the high number of students per classroom.

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