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.

摘要

教学是一项艰巨的工作，研究表明，长时间承受压力会影响身体健康。虽然一些研究发现教师确实报告了相对较差的身体健康状况，但现有文献存在重要的方法论局限性。特别是，没有研究将教师与其他职业进行比较，使用客观的生物标志物数据来衡量健康。我们使用两个数据集提供此类证据：代表性的横截面调查和纵向便利样本。在我们的任何模型或数据集中，我们发现教学和身体健康之间没有统计学上显着的整体关联。因此，教学对身体健康可能没有以前想象的那么糟糕。