Project: Early Childhood Educators' Job and Stress

This longitudinal research study explores the perceived and physiological stress, stressors, and job characteristics of childhood educators in the Midwest across the academic year 2021-2022. Data collection occurred over four time points. Educators provided self-reports of stressors, job characteristics, and perceived stress (anxiety, burnout, job satisfaction, and self-efficacy) and some provided hair as a measure of chronic physiological stress.