The Elephant within the Learning Environment: The Mental Health and
Wellbeing of Teacher Educators; Trainee Teachers and Learners.
Professor Colin R. Martin - Faculty of Society and Health
Buckinghamshire New University
Dr Mick Fleming – Faculty of Education, Health and Social Sciences
Hugh Smith - Faculty of Education, Health and Social Sciences
University of the West of Scotland
Focus for the Presentation
• Learning Environment
• Mental Health and Wellbeing of Leaders of
Learning
• Mental Health and Wellbeing of the Learner
• Recent Studies
• Questions?
Learning Environment
•
Complex Environments
•
Reflects Society’s Challenges
•
Modifiable Learning Factors
•
Paradigm Shift with the Health
System
Mental Health and Wellbeing
of Leaders of learning
•
Teaching as a Stressful Occupation
•
Absenteeism and Presenteeism
•
Recommended Strategies for Work
Related Stress
Mental Health and Wellbeing
of the Learner
•
Developmental, Mental Health and
Adjustment Orders
•
Changes Impacting on Achieving
Developmental milestones
•
Skill development and Culture
Change required to support
Learners
Recent Study
Development and validation of the
Assessment of Locus of control in
Industry, Commerce and Education
(ALICE) Scale (Martin and Paul, 2012)
Key themes determined by applied
thematic analysis
PERSONAL
MASTERY
ORGANISATION
CONTROL
POWERFUL
OTHERS
Structural and measurement model
framework
ORGANISATION
PERSONAL
MASTERY
POWERFUL
OTHERS
O-ITEM 1
ERROR
O-ITEM 2
ERROR
O-ITEM 3
ERROR
O-ITEM ∞
ERROR
PM-ITEM 1
ERROR
PM-ITEM 2
ERROR
PM-ITEM 3
ERROR
PM-ITEM ∞
ERROR
PO-ITEM 1
ERROR
PO-ITEM 2
ERROR
PO-ITEM 3
ERROR
PO-ITEM ∞
ERROR
Participants (ALICE Development Study)
ALICE Subscale Score
Non-depressed
Depressed
Depression
N=127
t
df
p
N=73
Personal Mastery
15.54 (4.47)
10.75 (5.22)
6.58
132.04*
<0.001
Organisational Control
6.64 (2.14)
4.81 (2.82)
4.80
120.00*
<0.001
Powerful Others
7.11 (3.07)
4.56 (3.39)
5.43
198.00
<0.001
Total Score
29.29 (8.63)
20.12 (10.02)
6.81
198.00
<0.001
Anxiety
ALICE sub-scale Score
Non-anxious
N=139
Anxious
t
df
p
N=61
Personal Mastery
15.13 (4.78)
10.75 (5.12)
5.83
198.00
<0.001
Organisational Control
6.34 (2.43)
5.13 (2.67)
3.13
198.00
0.002
Powerful Others
6.93 (3.27)
4.47 (3.13)
4.95
198.00
<0.001
Total Score
28.40 (9.43)
20.36 (9.58)
5.52
198.00
<0.001
Stress
ALICE sub-scale Score
Non-anxious
N=139
Anxious
t
df
p
N=61
Personal Mastery
15.13 (4.78)
10.75 (5.12)
5.83
198.00
<0.001
Organisational Control
6.34 (2.43)
5.13 (2.67)
3.13
198.00
0.002
Powerful Others
6.93 (3.27)
4.47 (3.13)
4.95
198.00
<0.001
Total Score
28.40 (9.43)
20.36 (9.58)
5.52
198.00
<0.001
Self-esteem
Variable
B
SE B
β
ALICE Personal Mastery
0.69
0.13
0.54
5.39
<0.001
ALICE Organisational Control
-0.14
0.23
-0.05
0.58
0.56
ALICE Powerful Others
-0.11
0.22
-0.06
0.52
0.60
t
p
QoL
Variable
B
SE B
β
t
p
ALICE Personal Mastery
1.44
0.42
0.34
3.46
0.001
ALICE Organisational Control
1.44
0.76
0.16
1.90
0.06
ALICE Powerful Others
0.47
0.70
0.07
0.67
0.50
Scottish Association for Mental health
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Questions and Discussion
colin.martin@bucks.ac.uk
mick.fleming@uws.ac.uk
hugh.smith@uws.ac.uk