Difficulties among Teachers' Emotional Regulation: Analysis for the Development of Student Well-Being in Chilean Schools.

INTRODUCTION: Emotional regulation, a process that involves detecting and evaluating physiological signals in response to stressful events, is a crucial aspect of preparing students for school and ensuring teachers' effectiveness, stress management, and job satisfaction. METHOD: This research, which adopted a quantitative approach, used a non-experimental comparative and cross-sectional design with a non-probabilistic sample by convenience. The study involved the participation of n = 1321 teachers (n = 125 preschool education; n = 645 primary education; n = 417 secondary education; n = 134 higher education). RESULTS: The results revealed significant differences in the total scores of emotional regulation difficulty between teachers at the higher education level and primary and secondary school teachers, with the latter group showing higher levels of difficulty. DISCUSSION: The findings suggest that the impact of emotional regulation difficulties affects professional performance, highlighting the importance of interventions aimed at improving teachers' self-efficacy, resilience, and emotion regulation to reduce emotional exhaustion. CONCLUSION: From a practical point of view, our findings underline the importance of integrating emotional regulation training into pre-service teacher education and continuous teacher professional development programs. This could improve relational dynamics between students and teachers, fostering an environment conducive to teaching and learning processes.

The mediating effect of resilience between work fatigue and psychological distress among healthcare workers in Brazil, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Serbia, and Tunisia.

OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that resilience has a mediating effect on the association between work fatigue and psychological distress. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted online in eight countries in 2021: Brazil, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Serbia, and Tunisia. A total of 1094 healthcare professionals specialized in medicine, pharmacy, and nurse practitioners that were exposed to/worked with COVID-19 patients were included (age: 33.89 ± 10.79 years; 59.6% females). RESULTS: After adjusting for potential confounders (i.e., country, gender, primary work in emergency department, primary work in infectious disease, primary work in intensive care unit, working in a COVID-19 ward, and working voluntary hours), the results of the mediation analysis showed that resilience fully mediated the association between physical work fatigue and psychological distress and partially mediated the associations between mental and emotional work fatigue and psychological distress. Higher work fatigue was significantly associated with less resilience; higher resilience was significantly associated with less psychological distress. Finally, higher mental and emotional, but not physical, work fatigue, were directly and significantly associated with more psychological distress. CONCLUSION: Identifying resilience as an important mediator in the path from fatigue to distress helps elucidate underlying mechanisms and pathways leading to the mental health-alteration process among healthcare workers during COVID-19. New strategies targeting resilience may be developed to further improve mental health outcomes among healthcare workers.

A Spanish version of the Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI): factor structure, internal consistency, and criterion validity.

BACKGROUND: In the working population, there are risks of overload due to physical, mental, and emotional demands. No instrument is available in Spanish to measure these three types of work fatigue (WF) separately. This paper adapts the Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI) (2015), which is of American origin and measures and differentiates these three different types of WF. It has adequate psychometric properties at its root, as do the subsequent German (2018), Lebanese (2022), and Chinese (2023) adaptations. METHODS: A total of 1100 workers (average age = 40 years) from economic sectors such as security and transportation of valuables, secondary and university educational institutions, and healthcare centers participated. They responded to the 3D-WFI, the Health-Related Quality of Life Index, and the Individual Strength Checklist for concurrent validity effects, together with items with sociodemographic and lifestyle variables. RESULTS: A confirmatory factor analysis with the total sample 3D-WFI supports its three-dimensionality; Cronbach's alpha and Omega values are adequate by dimensions: for physical work fatigue (α = 0.92, Ω = 0.92), for mental work fatigue (α = 0.94. Ω = 0.94), and emotional work fatigue (α = 0.95, Ω = 0.95). The 3D-WFI correlates significantly with the Checklist Individual Strength (0.743), and a pattern of significant relationships is found between WF and antecedent variables (e.g., being exposed to heat and noise, emotional labor, concentration, and workwear), as well as some consequences of WF (for example, mental health, absenteeism, work satisfaction, and sleep quality). CONCLUSIONS: We contribute here to the cross-cultural validity of the 3D-WFI, which can be used reliably and validly in the Chilean and probably Latin American working population. Some WF predictor variables are confirmed, as well as WF impacts on the absenteeism, health, and quality of life among workers.

Fatiga laboral en personas que realizaron trabajo en casa en tiempos de confinamiento por COVID-19 / Work fatigue in people who worked at home during times of confinement by COVID-19

Introducción:El aislamiento social por Covid-19 llevó a muchos colaboradores a realizar trabajo en casa y asimismo a experimentar diversas sensaciones que conjugadas con factores laborales, demandas físicas, emocionales y/o mentales, presentaron fatiga laboral,y por ende consecuencias en su salud. Objetivo:El estudio se centró en identificar síntomas relacionados a la fatiga laboral en personas con modalidad de trabajo en casa por COVID-19. Materiales y métodos:Estudio cuantitativo con un enfoque descriptivo-transversal. Se aplicó de manera virtual una escalade fatiga laboral,bajo consentimiento informado a 511 participantes que realizaban trabajo en casa. Resultados:De acuerdo con los resultados se evidenció que el 47,7% experimentaron un nivel de fatiga medio, en dimensiones relacionadas con carga física, carga mental, efectos psicofisiológicos y percepción de cambios en las dinámicas de trabajo; experiencias negativas asociadas a la insatisfacción laboral y afectación de la salud. Por otro lado, se identificaron experiencias positivas: compartir en familia, autonomía laboral y aprendizajes.Conclusiones:Se evidenció la presencia de fatiga laboral en más de la mitad de la muestra, manifestada en síntomas asociados a las diferentes dimensiones,percibidos de manera regular por los participantes,que de no ser tratados puede llegar a afectarles la calidad de vida.

Introduction:The social isolation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees to work from home and experience diverse feelings, which together with labor factors as well as physical, emotional, and/or mental demands, led to work fatigue and in turn, to health consequences. Objective:This study was aimed at identifying symptoms related to labor fatigue in people working from home due to COVID-19. Materials and methods: A quantitative study with a descriptive-cross sectional approach. Data was collected from 511participants who worked at home using a labor fatigue virtual scale and the informed consent. Results:47.7% of participants experienced a medium fatigue level, in dimensions such as physical load, mental load, psycho-physiological effects, and perceptionof changes in job dynamics. Likewise, they reported negative experiences associated with job dissatisfaction and health issues. On the other hand, positive events were identified, such as sharing time with family, job autonomy, and learning experiences. Conclusions: Work related fatigue was evidenced in half of the participants, which was expressed through symptoms associated with different dimensions. They were perceived frequently and may affect the quality of life of participants if these symptoms are not treated properly.

A versão brasileira do Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI): adaptação e propriedades psicométricas / The Brazilian version of the Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI): adaptation and psychometric properties / La versión brasileña del Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI): adaptación y propiedades psicométricas

Fadiga no trabalho é a percepção individual de desconforto físico, cognitivo e emocional, associada com sentimentos de perda de energia, cansaço e exaustão, levando a efeitos deletérios no desempenho laboral. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi adaptar e levantar evidências psicométricas para o contexto brasileiro do Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI). O estudo foi conduzido com 455 trabalhadores adultos, oriundos de três contextos ocupacionais (segurança pública, saúde e população geral). Entre estes 251 eram do sexo masculino. Os dados analisados a partir de procedimentos fatoriais confirmatórios e multigrupo apontaram adequação ao modelo original de três dimensões de fadiga (física, cognitiva e emocional). Indicadores de precisão foram bons e superiores a 0,91 em todas as dimensões resultantes. Evidências externas do 3D-WFI foram observadas com engajamento no trabalho, satisfação com a vida e conflito trabalho-família. Discutem-se aplicações do instrumento para o contexto de pesquisa e diagnóstico nas organizações.

Work fatigue is the individual's perception of physical, cognitive, and emotional discomfort, associated with feelings of energy loss, tiredness, and exhaustion, leading to deleterious effects on work performance. This study aimed to adapt and raise psychometric evidence for the Brazilian context of the Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI). The study was conducted with 455 adult workers from three occupational contexts (public safety, health, and general population). Among these, 251 were male. The data analyzed using confirmatory factorial and multigroup procedures indicated the original three-dimensional fatigue model (physical, cognitive and emotional). Accuracy indicators were good and above 0.91 in all resulting dimensions. External evidence of 3D-WFI was observed with work engagement, life satisfaction, and work-family conflict. Applications of the instrument for the context of research and diagnosis in organizations are discussed.

La fatiga en el trabajo es la percepción individual de incomodidad física, cognitiva y emocional, asociada con sentimientos en detrimento de energía, cansancio y agotamiento, que conducen a efectos nocivos en el desempeño laboral. El objetivo de este estudio fue adaptar y levantar evidencias psicometricas de validez para el contexto brasileño del Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI). El estudio se realizó con 455 trabajadores adultos, oriundos de tres contextos (seguridad pública, salud y población general), entre estos 251 eran hombres. Los datos analizados a partir de análisis factoriales confirmatorios y multigrupo indicaron idoneidad para el modelo original de tres dimensiones de fatiga (física, cognitiva y emocional). Los indicadores de precisión fueron buenos y superiores a 0,91 en todos los factores. Fueron observadas evidencias externas del 3D-WFI con el compromiso laboral, la satisfacción con la vida y el conflicto trabajo-familia. Se discuten las aplicaciones del instrumento para el contexto de la investigación y el diagnóstico organizacional.