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| Published: August 22, 2021

Psychological Well-Being, Mindfulness, and Impact of Stressful Events among Indian Teachers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Bhuvana Manohari Nataraj

Doctoral candidate at the Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. ORCiD - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1220 Google Scholar More about the auther

, K. Jayasankara Reddy

Professor at the Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. ORCiD - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6071-0472 Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.093.20210903

DOI: 10.25215/0903.093

ABSTRACT

Lockdown efforts introduced as response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted various facets of life including the educational sector. This study focuses on teachers’ mental health during this period. Research indicates positive mental health offsets negative impact of stress. The relationship of mental health assets such as psychological well-being, and mindfulness to COVID-19 event related stress is examined in this study. Teachers in India were approached through social media using snowball sampling to complete a survey. The survey consisted of the short version of Scales of Psychological Well-being (SPWB; Ryff, 1989), Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale – Revised (CAMS-R; Feldman et al., 2007), and Impact of Event Scale – Revised (IES-R; Creamer, Bell, & Failla, 2003). Results indicate that there is moderate negative correlation between psychological well-being and impact of event, and between mindfulness and impact of event. Psychological well-being and mindfulness and positively correlated. This indicates that presence of positive mental health components can imply lower stress response during the pandemic. Further study will help identify causal direction among the variables, which can inform mental health programs.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.093.20210903

10.25215/0903.093

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Published in   Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021