The COVID-19 pandemic increased psychological burdens in Germany, especially among teachers who have reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion and burnout compared to the general population. Even before the pandemic, teachers found their work highly stressful. Mindfulness- and compassion-based interventions, as well as socio-emotional learning interventions, show promise in combating burnout among educators. Despite increased research, partner-based Dyads have not been explored in schools. Recent studies suggest these social practice formats are more effective than solo mindfulness techniques in reducing loneliness, and social stress, and enhancing social connections and resilience. Additionally, the impact of these interventions on student, classroom, collegium, and system levels remains under-researched. This study extends the CovSocial project and the ReSource project, which showed the effectiveness of partner-based dyadic mental training on stress reduction, resilience, and social cohesion. The first goal is to test a 10-week online empathy-compassion (EmCo) Dyad training program, inspired by the Affect Dyad from the ReSource project and the online coaching Dyad from the CovSocial project, incorporating empathic and compassionate listening. The second goal is to evaluate the Dyad intervention's effects in an educational context, focusing on teachers' mental health, social capacities, social networks, and classroom climate, measured across: 1) mental health and resilience, 2) social emotions, 3) social interaction, 4) communication and listening skills, and 5) classroom climate. The third aim is to develop and validate the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA) and the Egocentric Social Network Analysis Paradigm (e-SNAP), using autonomic measures and voice recordings to assess teachers' emotional states. The final aim is to investigate the cognitive and affective mechanisms driving changes in teachers' mental health, resilience, and social-emotional competencies.
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Change from baseline Depression Anxiety Stress Scale - 21 (DASS-21) scores at 5 and 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline), after the first 5 weeks of training (Mid-Test), and then after the second 5 weeks of training (Post-Test)
Change from baseline Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey (MBI-ES) scores at 5 and 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline), after the first 5 weeks of training (Mid-Test), and then after the second 5 weeks of training (Post-Test)
Change from baseline Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) score at 5 and 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline), after the first 5 weeks of training (Mid-Test), and then after the second 5 weeks of training (Post-Test)
Change from baseline Sussex-Oxford Compassion Scale for Self and Others (SOCS) scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline), at week 5 (after empathic listening training) and then again at week 10 (after compassionate listening training)
Change from baseline Active Listening Attitude Scale (ALAS) scores at 5 and 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline), after the first 5 weeks of training (Mid-Test), and then after the second 5 weeks of training (Post-Test)
Change from baseline Socio-Affective Video Task (SoVT) scores at 5 and 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline), at week 5 (after empathic listening training), and then again at week 10 (after compassionate listening training)
Change from baseline Egocentric Social Network Analysis Paradigm (e-SNAP) scores at 5 and 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline), after the first 5 weeks of training (Mid-Test), and then after the second 5 weeks of training (Post-Test)
Change from baseline Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) functioning at 10 weeks: Physiological Resting Baseline - electrocardiogram [ECG]
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) functioning at 10 weeks: Physiological Resting Baseline - electrodermal activity [EDA]
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) functioning at 10 weeks: Physiological Resting Baseline - inductive respiration
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) regulation at 10 weeks: Heart Rate Variability
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) regulation at 10 weeks: Skin Conductance
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) regulation at 10 weeks: inductive respiration
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Vocalized Emotional Expressions at 10 weeks - prosodic features
Timeframe: the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Vocalized Emotional Expressions at 10 weeks - affect dimensions
Timeframe: the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Vocalized Communication Behaviors at 10 weeks - sensitivity in communication
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Vocalized Communication Behaviors at 10 weeks - silence
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline listening at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Academic Productive Dialogue (APD) scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Mindfulness in Teaching Scale (MTS) scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Affect Grid scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Stress levels at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline emotional expressions at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline student-reported Student Personal Perception of Classroom Climate (SPPCC) scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline student-reported Classroom Belonging Scale (CBS) scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline classroom discussion climate at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline observer-rated Affect Grid scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention time points, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline observer-rated teacher listening and communication behaviors at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline observer-rated student engagement & communication behaviors at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention (Baseline) and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoints, in the classroom setting as part of the Teacher Autonomic Voice Assessment (TAVA)
Change from baseline Affect Grid scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention over a two-week period (Baseline), at week 5 (once), and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoint again for two-week
Change from baseline Positive Teaching Practices Scale (PTPS) scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention over a two-week period (Baseline), at week 5 (once), and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoint again for two-week
Change from baseline Stress levels at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention over a two-week period (Baseline), at week 5 (once), and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoint again for two-week
Change from baseline coping strategies at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention over a two-week period (Baseline), at week 5 (once), and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoint again for two-week
Change from baseline Empathy Scale for Teachers (EST) scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention over a two-week period (Baseline), at week 5 (once), and then after 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoint again for two-week
Change from baseline Compassionate Love Scale (Close Others Version) scores at 10 weeks
Timeframe: Assessed at pre-intervention over a two-week period (Baseline), at week 5 (once), and then after a 10-week intervention period at post-intervention timepoint again for two-week