Socially distanced teaching: The mental health impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on special education teachers. Issue 3 (15th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cormier, Christopher J.; McGrew, John; Ruble, Lisa; Fischer, Melanie
• Is Part Of: Journal of community psychology. Volume 50:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 1768
• Page End: 1772
• Publication Date: 2021-11-15
• Subjects: mental health of teachers -- special education teachers -- teachers and COVID‐19; Clinical psychology -- Periodicals; Social psychiatry -- Periodicals; Community Mental Health Services -- Periodicals; 362.2205
• DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22736
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0090-4392

Abstract

Abstract: Little is known about the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on special education teachers. Of 468 surveyed across the United States, 38.4% met clinical criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, a rate 12.4 times greater than the U.S. population, and 37.6% for major depressive disorder, a rate 5.6 times greater than the population. Race/ethnicity, gender, or school funding was not related to mental health. The impact of the pandemic was moderate to extreme on stress (91%), depression (58%), anxiety (76%), and emotional exhaustion (83%).