Physical education teachers (PETs) are exposed to the same psychological stress factors as teachers of other subjects, but the increased physical load in this subgroup may significantly influence the prevalence of certain health problems. This cross-sectional study was designed to assess the frequency of occupational health problems and to identify the role of some risk factors (age, gender, te...

* The authors gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the Key Project of Research Base for Beijing Social Science Foundation of P.R. China for this study, under the Grant No. 16JDJYA007. 1 Institute of International and Comparative Education, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, P. R. China. Email: [email protected] 2 Correspondence to: Guiqing An, Institu...

A cross-sectional study was carried out to examine the frequency and types of serious injuries in physical educators throughout their professional career, in relation to their gender, age and teaching level, certain factors causing the injuries and the consequences of those injuries on their working ability. The subjects (n = 468) answered a self-administered questionnaire. In men, one group's ...

introduction: ambulatory education is an integral part of medical education. the present study was carried out to evaluate the quality of ambulatory education from the viewpoint of clinical medical students at kermanshah university of medical sciences. methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study, the study sample included medical apprentices and interns of kermanshah university of medica...

Background The incidence of stress and burnout among teachers in Hong Kong has been increasing at an alarming rate in recent years [1,2]. Studies on teacher stress and burnout have found that teachers of students with emotional behavioral challenges (EBC teachers) report more stress than general education teachers and are more likely to want to leave their position [3]. Studies conducted in Hon...

According to self-determination theory, teachers can motivate students by supporting their psychological needs for relatedness, competence, and autonomy. The present study complements extant research (most of which relied on self-report measures) by relying on observations of need-supportive teaching in the domain of physical education (PE), which allows for the identification of concrete, real...

The researches that specifically analyse the working conditions of teachers are few in the ergonomic literature. Our research relates more specifically to teachers of physical education and sports in french context of college. The research project described here includes both a quantitative exploratory survey (218 respondents) and qualitative case studies (interviews and observation), using the...

This study examined the relationship among pupils' perceptions of the motivational climate, pupils' perceptions of teachers' strategies to maintain discipline and pupils' intrinsic motivation in physical education. A sample of 2189 Spanish adolescents, ages 13 to 17 years, completed Spanish versions of the EPCM, SSDS, and IMI. Confirmatory factor analyses were carried out to confirm the factori...