Citation

Lei (M.) B. Int. J. Sch. Educ. Psychol. 2017; 5(4): 266-280.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/21683603.2016.1254131

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article investigates the traumatic experience of teachers who experienced the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China. A survey measuring participants' personal experiences, professional demands, and psychological responses was distributed to 241 teachers in five selected schools. Although the status of schoolteachers' trauma in a postdisaster situation has been explored in other countries, to date no comparable study has been made in China. The findings of this study address the literature gap by providing a picture of schoolteachers' personal and professional experience, their working conditions, and their coping strategies in a postdisaster situation.

Language: en

Keywords

postdisaster situation; teacher resilience and well-being; traumatic experience