AUTHOR=Amstad Meta , Müller Christoph M. TITLE=Students' Problem Behaviors as Sources of Teacher Stress in Special Needs Schools for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education VOLUME=4 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2019.00159 DOI=10.3389/feduc.2019.00159 ISSN=2504-284X ABSTRACT=
Students with intellectual disabilities in special needs schools often exhibit high levels of problem behaviors. Besides the challenges such behaviors present for the students themselves, their peers, and their caregivers, problem behaviors can also be a source of stress for teachers. However, less is known on the degree to which different types of problem behaviors are perceived as stressful in special needs schools for students with intellectual disabilities. Using paper-pencil questionnaires, 295 special needs school teachers (47.81 years,