The Medium-term Effects of the Collective Reflexive Coaching Device Catching Your Breath on ECEC Managers Well-being During COVID-19 Pandemic (66253)
Session Chair: Sreeramulu Gokisonda
Sunday, January 8, 2023 (18:45)
Session: Session 4
Room: Live-Stream B
Presentation Type:Live-Stream Presentation
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the workload of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) managers and decreased their well-being at work (Bigras & al., 2021). Quebec’s ECEC managers expressed a need for support in dealing with the challenges encountered during the pandemic (Bigras & al., 2021). Then, a collective reflexive coaching device, called Catching Your Breath, had been implemented and evaluated (Bigras & al., 2021; Fortin & al., 2022). The present study evaluates its effects, one year later in March 2022, on work well-being (self-compassion, work-related stress, burnout, depressive symptoms, work engagement) using a quasi-experimental design (pre-post) including a control group (n = 25). Experimental group (n = 22) met for three hours monthly between February and June 2021. Quantitative data were collected with an online questionnaire completed in February 2021, June 2021 and March 2022. ANOVAs repeated measure indicated that almost control group scores worsened after one year, while the experimental group scores improved. Intragroup scores are significant for the variables well-being at work (F[1,44] = 9.465, p<0,001), self-compassion (F[1, 44] = 3.331, p<0.05), work-stress related (F[1, 44] = 6.117, p<0.01), and depressive symptoms (F[1, 44] = 3.822, p<0.05). Intergroup scores are significant for the variables self-compassion (F[1, 44] = 7.450, p<0.01), and depressive symptoms (F[1, 44] = 0.601, p<0.01). These results suggest that this device has positive effects that were maintained a year later. It seems that supporting ECEC managers, with a device like Catching your Breath, can mitigate negative influences of the pandemic on their well-being.
Authors:
Geneviève Fortin, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Nathalie Bigras, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Lise Lemay, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Christelle Robert-Mazaye, University of Quebec in Outaouais, Canada
Annie Charron, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Stéphanie Duval, Laval University, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Geneviève Fortin is a University Doctoral Student at University of Quebec at Montreal in Canada
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