Is Teaching Bad for Your Health? New Evidence from Biomarker Data
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| Title: | Is Teaching Bad for Your Health? New Evidence from Biomarker Data |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Sims, Sam (ORCID |
| Source: | Oxford Review of Education. 2022 48(1):28-45. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Teaching (Occupation), Stress Variables, Physical Health, Correlation, Teaching Conditions, Physiology, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics, Responses, Human Body, Occupations, Teachers |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03054985.2021.1908246 |
| ISSN: | 0305-4985 |
| Abstract: | Teaching is a demanding job and research suggests that prolonged exposure to stress can affect physical health. While some studies have found that teachers do indeed report relatively poor physical health, the existing literature has important methodological limitations. In particular, no research exists comparing teachers to other occupations using objective biomarker data to measure health. We provide such evidence using two datasets: a representative, cross-sectional survey and a longitudinal convenience sample. We find no statistically significant overall association between teaching and physical health in any of our models or datasets. Teaching may therefore not be as bad for physical health as previously thought. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1325933 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Teaching is a demanding job and research suggests that prolonged exposure to stress can affect physical health. While some studies have found that teachers do indeed report relatively poor physical health, the existing literature has important methodological limitations. In particular, no research exists comparing teachers to other occupations using objective biomarker data to measure health. We provide such evidence using two datasets: a representative, cross-sectional survey and a longitudinal convenience sample. We find no statistically significant overall association between teaching and physical health in any of our models or datasets. Teaching may therefore not be as bad for physical health as previously thought. |
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| ISSN: | 0305-4985 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03054985.2021.1908246 |
