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Guided Imagery Relaxation Effects On South Texas Public School Teachers' Stress, Elsa Nora Garcia
Guided Imagery Relaxation Effects On South Texas Public School Teachers' Stress, Elsa Nora Garcia
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Public school teachers face a great amount of stress, and that stress may lead to other adverse health outcomes. This study examined elementary public school teachers' stress levels before and after the use of guided imagery relaxation. Guided by the transactional model of stress and coping as the theoretical framework, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the use of guided imagery as an effective technique in the stress reduction of elementary public school teachers, thus enhancing the learning experience of students and creating healthier public school teachers. Eighty-one teachers (71 women, 10 men) participated in this study by …