Teaching is stressful. The demands placed on teachers result in emotional exhaustion and burnout, causing many to leave the profession early. The purpose of the study was to examine whether the coping process utilized by teachers differed at different stages of their career. The current study utilized a portion of the baseline interview of a randomized waitlist control study conducted to explore the effects of a mindfulness-based program on teachers. After coding the interview data for each step of the coping process (i.e., demands, appraisals, ways of coping, resolution, and post-coping...
Teaching is stressful. The demands placed on teachers result in emotional exhaustion and burnout, causing many to leave the profession early. The purp...