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A Study of Teacher Burnout in Private Seventh-day Adventist and Public Schools in Trinidad/Tobago and Michigan, USA Kindergarten-Tertiary New!!Problem: Burnout as described by Maslach and Leiter (2007) is a syndrome involving psychological processes that result from Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization and diminished Personal Accomplishment in the workplace. It is represented... -
An Investigation of Stress and Factors Producing Stress Among Married Students Living in the Andrews University Married Student Housing Complex TertiaryProblem: The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of stress and identify factors producing stress among married students living in the Andrews University married student housing complex. Method: Two samples were used... -
Besides That I'm Ok: Well-Being in Caribbean and American Adolescents and Youth Grade 11-TertiaryA total of 235 adolescents and college students from Aruba, St. Lucia, Tennessee, and Alabama participated in this study that measured various aspects of well-being. The Life Factors Questionnaire measured participants' responses on such self-reported measures... -
Can I Last the Distance? Stress and School Leadership Kindergarten-Grade 12This TEACH Journal article reviews a research study that examined whether principals in a Christian school system perceived they experienced work-related stress, and if so, the nature and extent of the stress. Principals also reported on their perceived role... -
Clergy Wholeness Study – How Occupational Distress, Depression, and Social Support Inform the Health of Clergy Tertiary-Lifelong"It has been shown that the rate of clergy occupational distress and depression is increasing. This study examines occupational distress, social support, mental health, and spiritual wholeness in Florida clergy. Clergy in our study sample exhibited higher... -
Conflict Management Strategy and Perceived Stress of Texan SDA Teachers Tertiary-LifelongPurpose: This study examined the relationship between perceived workplace stress levels and conflict management strategies of the Seventh-day Adventist Texas Conference teachers (K-10). Procedures: The Organizational Communication Conflict... -
Cooling Down the Teaching Stress Soup Tertiary-LifelongTeachers will feel more relaxed, peaceful, energized and confident with this high-impact and fun stress management seminar. Participants at this 2006 NAD Teacher Convention seminar will assess current stress levels and learn 8 powerful and effective ways to... -
Correlates of Perceived Emotional or Verbal Abuse of Adult Children of Pastors TertiaryThis presentation is focused on stressors and concerns among NAD pastor families. The expectation was that the data would suggest ways of strengthening pastor families by developing educational/training programs to prepare pastors to meet the daily stressors... -
Dialogue Editorial: Be Still and Know Tertiary-Lifelong"Perhaps it will be in the morning, at noon, or at the close of the day, but we must set aside time, quality time, for God. Only then will the water of your life be still. Only then will others see the reflection of Jesus." -
Don’t Stress me out! Anxiety, Information Processing and Learning Kindergarten-Lifelong"High levels of arousal and anxiety can affect an individual’s ability to process information and learn new skills. The present study used a high platform lunge task to examine the effect of task repetition on state anxiety and how an individual’s... -
Enhancing the Self-Esteem of Your Students Kindergarten-Grade 12What teachers say to their students and how they say it can affect students' self-esteem. In diagnosed and non-diagnosed learning-disabled students, academic problems and the development of secondary emotional and/or behavior problems are compounded by teachers... -
Faculty stress and health practices: Stress among higher education Seventh-day Adventist faculty who practice NEWSTART health principles Tertiary-LifelongThis study explored the stress levels experienced by faculty members who practice a set of health principles developed and advocated by the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) religious organization to promote health and well-being. The principles summarized in the... -
For Better of For Worse 0-2 years-LifelongThis discusses how to prepare for and deal with long-term illness or sudden medical problems in a way that will help keep marriages and families from crumbling under the stress. -
Grey Matter Matters Kindergarten-Tertiary"The brain is extremely complex. The brain has the amazing ability to reshape and reorganise its neural networks, depending on increased or decreased use, making it malleable or ‘plastic’. This plasticity allows for incredible changes to take... -
Growing Wellbing Grade 9-Tertiary"This short article discusses how to handle the wellbeing of adolescents in the 21st century given the extent to which modern life is actually arranged to facilitate human floursihing." -
Guidance and Counseling: A Critical Need Kindergarten-Grade 12School counseling services are needed at all levels to help students reach their full potential as children of God. Few Adventist schools have counselors on staff. -
How to Deal With Difficult People Kindergarten-LifelongJanet Mallery shares principles for managing conflict with difficult parents, colleagues, principals, school staff, students, and others. Principles discussed in this article include: confine the conflict, know how many people are involved, be suspicious of... -
Humor Similar to Meditation Enhances EEG Power Spectral Density of Gamma Wave Band Activity (31-40Hz) and Synchrony Tertiary-Lifelong"Humor associated mirthful laughter (HAML) similar to meditation, both positive brain states, have complex mental processes that can modulate emotions, cognition, memory, sensory perception, consciousness, hormones, immune, and CNS activity. Meditation... -
JAE Editorial: Speak Up, Annalee! Creating Safe Places for Students to Thrive Kindergarten-TertiaryA fast-paced, robust classroom full of conversation, activity, and creativity can be a great learning environment, but what if some students find it stressful? Additional articles in this issue include: ​Feedback... -
Job Stress and Spiritual Well-Being as Correlates of Quality of Life Among K-12 Administrators in Seventh-day Adventist Schools in the North American Division Tertiary New!!Problem and Purpose: Research shows that K-12 administrators experience a great deal of stress. This is also true of Adventist principals (Ledesma, 2011). Some suggest improved spirituality and quality of life can alleviate or manage stress. This study examines... -
Learning During Stressful Situations - Optimizing Evidence-based Learning Strategies Kindergarten-Grade 12“How can teachers help students as they go back to school? What strategies can they use to help students catch up for the ‘learning loss’ during the pandemic?5 How can educators help students learn during stressful situations, in general?” -
Light for Living, Part 2: Choosing a Healthy Lifestyle Preschool-Grade 12This article provides an overview of health principles to reduce the risk of disease, stress and burnout, the benefits of vegetarian and vegan diet, the relationship between and sources of specific vitamins and minerals, and factors contributing to the epidemic... -
Mental Disorders, Religion and Spirituality 1990 to 2010: A Systematic Evidence-Based Review Tertiary-Lifelong New!!"Religion/spirituality has been increasingly examined in medical research during the past two decades. Despite the increasing number of published studies, a systematic evidence-based review of the available data in the field of psychiatry has not been... -
NAD Health Curriculum Guide 9-12 Grade 9-Grade 12The NAD curriculum guide for teaching health principles and practice to grades 9-12 includes rationale, philosophy, goals, and descriptions of major subtopics. NOTE: Rather than rely on older curriculum guides, NAD teachers should consult the NAD... -
Neuroendocrine and Stress Hormone Changes During Mirthful Laughter Tertiary-Lifelong New!!"Positive emotional activities have been suggested as modifiers of neuroendocrine hormones involved in the classical stress response. To detect changes in these components during a mirthful laughter experience, the authors studied 10 healthy male subjects.... -
Proof Positive - How to Reliably Combat Disease and Achieve Optimal Health Through Nutrition and Lifestyle Grade 12-Lifelong"This 560-page book tells, in easy-to-understand language, how to fight disease and achieve optimal health through proper lifestyle and nutrition. Offers outstanding resource material and is packed with eye-catching visual aids." Helpful resource... -
Religious Involvement, Inflammatory Markers and Stress Hormones in Major Depression and Chronic Medical Illness Tertiary-Lifelong New!!Background: Religious practices/experiences (RPE) may produce positive physiological changes in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and chronic medical illness. Here, we report cross-sectional relationships between depressive symptoms, RPE and stress... -
Rustout or Burnout? Tertiary-LifelongA college chair offers some suggestions for department chairs for dealing with success. -
Seventh-day Adventist Clergy - Understanding Stressors and Coping Mechanisms Tertiary-Lifelong"This article examines the extent and types of clergy stress, the strategies used in coping with stressors, and the relationship between stressors and coping mechanisms in a sample of 261 Seventh-day Adventist pastors in North America. The results indicate... -
Spiritual Well Being and Quality of Life as Correlates of Job Stress Among Academic Chairpersons in Selected Seventh-day Adventist Tertiary Institutions TertiaryProblem: Stress, like pain, begins at birth and remains common to the human condition throughout life, and it is a factor in the experience of every human being who ever lived. It is not merely universal but it is also endemic and omnipresent. Chairpersons,... -
Stress - Is It Contagious? 0-2 years-LifelongStress is often part of our lives. Our stress can affect our children. This article explains ways to help “stress-proof” our kids. -
Stress among Seventh-day Adventist teachers: An analysis of relationships between selected teacher characteristics and occupational stress factors Kindergarten-Grade 12This study was conducted in the Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools in Hong Kong to find the major sources of stress (stressors) for teachers and the level of teacher stress. The relationship between teachers' perceptions of stress and teachers' backgrounds,... -
Stress Factors , Spirituality , and Commitment among Seminarians and Their Spouses TertiaryAt a seminary connected with a university all resident Master of Divinity students and their spouses were invited to participate in a study of the stresses of seminary life and their effects on personal spirituality and commitment to ministry and mission.... -
Stress Robbing Blind Seminar Handout Preschool-LifelongStress and related illnesses like depression and burnout are fast becoming the #1 employee cost for employers. Most employers and their employees have no idea how stress is affecting them personally or organizationally. The alarming truth is that today, at... -
Stressed-out Faculty May Need a NEWSTART! TertiaryWith an abundance of literature supporting the relentless pressures that educators face, the authors of this article decided to explore potential strategies that might help reduce faculty stress. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has advocated the adoption... -
Student Stress - Can You Manage It? TertiaryCan you manage stress? Julian Melgosa answers the questions - how does stress work and are stressful situations always bad? Melgosa also covers the effect of stress, how to deal with stress, and the spiritual components. -
Teacher Mental Health - Let's Be Real! Kindergarten-LifelongPresented by the director of Andrews University's International Center For Trauma Education & Care, this 2021 virtual teachers' convention for educators in Canada recording addresses the following questions: "We worry and are intentional about the... -
Temperance Grade 7-LifelongAlthough society has changed markedly since Ellen White lived and wrote, the principles she stressed regarding temperance remain remarkably relevant to contemporary life. Alcohol and other forms of intemperance destroy health, moral fiber, and spiritual discernment... -
The Effects of the Practice of the Newstart Health Regimen on Faculty Stress Among Faculty at Seventh-Day Adventist Colleges and Universities Tertiary-LifelongUtilizing an availability sample of (n = 124) faculty from three postsecondary Seventh-day Adventists institutions that promote a healthy lifestyle philosophy encapsulated in the acronym NEWSTART, this study explored effects of this health/religious regimen... -
The Humor Prescription for Teachers Kindergarten-LifelongThis high-impact and funny 2006 NAD Teachers Convention seminar is a shock absorber to cushion the blows of life. While tickling your funny bone and increasing your endorphin output, it will help teachers develop a winning strategy to enjoy life to the full.... -
The Lift Project - Lift Your Mood and Your Life Preschool-LifelongEnjoy 10 fascinating lessons introducing scientifically proven ways to life your mood and your life, shared by Dr. Darren Morton, Lifestyle Medicine expert and Avondale College professor. Lesson 1 is freely available, while the rest require a paid account. -
They That Be Teachers Kindergarten-Grade 12G. L. Plubell encourages teachers to hold on to the special privilege it is to partner with God in recognizing human potential and developing moral character in their students. -
Trauma Informed Educating Kindergarten-TertiaryThis general session from the 2021 virtual teacher's convention for educators from Canada focuses on "understanding the impact of trauma and toxic stress on the brain. Come and learn to create an environment for restoration and healing. Practical perspectives... -
Wellbeing Notebook - Time-in or Time-out? Dealing with Stress-related Reactions of Indigenous Students Kindergarten-Grade 8Rather than being alone to think as with time-out, students receiving time-in are given the opportunity to work with a trusted adult to help regulate their bodies, thus allowing them to deal with issues in a positive and rational manner. -
Why Do We Get Sick? Tertiary-Lifelong"For those who love God, all things work together for good (Romans 8:28). It can be difficult to understand at the moment that an ailment or illness can bring any good. If, however, we correct the habits and initial problems that trigger a disease, we... -
Winning Coping Strategies Kindergarten-Grade 1217 strategies to help teachers cope and avoid burnout. -
Work values, occupational stress and teaching performance of SDA secondary school teachers in Luzon Kindergarten-Grade 12This study investigated the work values, occupational stress, and teaching performance of SDA secondary school teachers in Luzon. The subjects were 140 teachers and 12 principals of the 12 secondary schools under the administrative supervision o the North...