Authors:	Kalo, Kristin Koestner, Clemens Dicks, Theresa Eggert, Viktoria Beutel, Till Zähme, Carolina Letzel, Stephan Dietz, Pavel
Title:	Sociodemographic and work‑related differences in teachers’ attitude towards and perceived stress from emergency remote teaching during the COVID‑19 pandemic
Online publication date:	24-Nov-2023
Year of first publication:	2023
Language:	english
Abstract:	The aim was to investigate the attitude towards and perceived stress from emergency remote teaching (ERT) among teachers during the COVID‑19 pandemic. A Germany‑wide online survey was conducted among teachers from all school types in March 2021. Data from 31,089 teachers entered analysis. ANOVAs or Welch’s t‑tests with post‑hoc analyses were performed to determine sociodemographic and work‑related group differences in teachers’ attitude towards and perceived stress from ERT. The mean attitude towards ERT was 3.47 (± .84) out of 5 and the mean perceived stress was 5.03 (± .62) out of 6. Regarding the attitude towards ERT, we revealed significant differences for gender, age groups, number of children, occupational group, school management membership, and employment status (p < .05). Regarding perceived stress, significant differences were obtained for gender, age groups, and employment status (p < .05). A more positive attitude towards ERT seems to be associated with lower stress levels. Being female, a higher age, a higher number of children living in the own household as well as working full‑time might hinder an effective implementation of remote teaching in school settings in Germany. Policy‑makers and schools should think of strategies to improve the attitude towards and decrease perceived stress from remote teaching. This could include subgroup‑specific training on the use of digital media, adapted to the work environment.
DDC:	150 Psychologie 150 Psychology 360 Soziale Probleme 360 Social services 610 Medizin 610 Medical sciences 796 Sport 796 Athletic and outdoor sports and games
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9703
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Document type specification:	Scientific article
License:	CC BY
Information on rights of use:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal:	Scientific reports 13
Pages or article number:	12999
Publisher:	Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
Publisher place:	London
Issue date:	2023
ISSN:	2045-2322
Publisher DOI:	10.1038/s41598-023-39824-w
Appears in collections:	DFG-491381577-G