Selected Psychosocial Factors and Occurrence of Voice Disorders among the Teachers Cover Image

Wybrane czynniki psychospołeczne a występowanie trudności głosowych wśród nauczycieli
Selected Psychosocial Factors and Occurrence of Voice Disorders among the Teachers

Contributor(s): Anna Guzy (Editor)
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: psychosocial factors; voice disorders; voice in the teaching profession

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: The article discusses the factors determining the occurrence of voice emission problems, including internal, external, and psychosocial ones. It was proposed to distinguish the psychological/psychosocial factors as a separate group. The results of the research conducted among teachers (N = 265) in schools in the Silesian provinces show how psychological factors affect the self-assessment of voice (emotional, functional, and physical, measured by means of the Voice Handicap Index scale); these factors are: the level of perceived stress (PSS10), anxiety (STAI I and II – anxiety as a trait and anxiety as a state), self-assessment (SES) and life satisfaction (SWLS). The article describes the results of original research on the dependence of psychosocial factors and voice disability.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 274-297
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English, Polish