In the United States, caregivers and educators who work with children under 5 face low wages and limited workplace supports, creating significant challenges to their emotional and financial wellbeing. These conditions are worse for teachers of the youngest children, ages birth to two. This study uses a large (N∼ 400) sample of early educators from Louisiana to explore the link between wellbeing, defined as depressive symptoms and food insecurity, and two key outcomes, the quality of teacher-child interactions and teacher turnover. We explore these relationships overall and separately by the age of child served. Findings suggest that depressive symptoms are linked to teacher turnover among teachers working with children of all ages, and negatively linked to teacher-child interactions for teachers of preschool-aged children only.

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将早期教育工作者的福祉与课堂互动和教师流动联系起来

在美国，照顾 5 岁以下儿童的看护者和教育工作者面临着低工资和有限的工作场所支持，这给他们的情感和财务健康带来了重大挑战。对于两岁以下最小孩子的老师来说，这些条件更糟。本研究使用来自路易斯安那州的大量（N∼400）早期教育工作者样本来探讨幸福感（定义为抑郁症状和粮食不安全）与两个关键结果（师生互动质量和教师流动率）之间的联系。我们按所服务儿童的年龄整体和单独地探讨这些关系。研究结果表明，抑郁症状与所有年龄段儿童的教师流动率有关，并且仅与学龄前儿童教师的师生互动呈负相关。