Unwinding, Recuperation, and Health Among Compulsory School and High School Teachers in Sweden.

The aim of this study was to investigate unwinding and recuperation among teachers. Six items were used and combined to identify level of activation and recuperation during the 24 hr of each day. Cluster analysis was used to detect groups of individuals with similar activation-recuperation profiles. The study group comprised 472 teachers from 12 schools. Three clusters of teachers were identified: alert, in-between, and nonrecuperated. About 20% of the teachers fell into the nonrecuperated group. This group showed more (a) symptoms of ill health, (b) illness-related absences that were due to sickness, and (c) poorer attendance when sick than the other two groups. Failure to recuperate was related to aspects of the classroom, but not to teachers' perceptions of more general organizational circumstances. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)