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Age-Related Differences in the Emotion Regulation of Teachers in the Classroom

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In a project on “Age-related differences in the emotion regulation of teachers facing demanding classroom situations” we investigated how teachers can be supported in regulating their emotions during demanding situations in their lessons so that they remain well, healthy and able to work until regular retirement age. Results of this project demonstrated that emotion regulation is indeed relevant to maintain emotional well-being and work ability of teachers. Thus, the ability to regulate their emotions successfully can be considered a resource of teachers which contributes to their health and well-being.

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Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge funding for the project on “Age-related differences in the emotion regulation of teachers facing demanding classroom situations” by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the priority program 1184 “Age-differentiated Work Systems”. The project was conducted at the University of Freiburg (Germany); in the first project phase from 2006 to 2007 under the scientific supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Krause and Prof. Dr. Heinz Schüpbach (KR 3304 1-1) and from 2008 to 2009 under the scientific supervision of Prof. Dr. Heinz Schüpbach in co-operation with Prof. Dr. Andreas Krause (SCHU 2090/1-2 and SCHU 2090/1-3). We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of our co-operation partners, especially Prof. Dr. Andreas Krause. We would also like to thank the Regierungspräsidium Freiburg for their support in recruiting the schools for our studies as well as the teachers who took part in our studies.

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    Anja Philipp

  2. University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    Heinz Schüpbach

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    Christopher Marc Schlick

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Philipp, A., Schüpbach, H. (2013). Age-Related Differences in the Emotion Regulation of Teachers in the Classroom. In: Schlick, C., Frieling, E., Wegge, J. (eds) Age-Differentiated Work Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35057-3_7

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