• Ester Solé, Elena Castarlenas, Elisabet Sánchez-Rodríguez, Santiago Galán, de la VegaRocíoRDepartament de Psicologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Carretera de Valls, s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain., Mark P Jensen, and Jordi Miró.
• Departament de Psicologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Carretera de Valls, s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
• J Sch Health. 2018 Jan 1; 88 (1): 65-73.

BackgroundThe aims of this study were to (1) examine the reactions of teachers and student teachers to children experiencing pain, (2) identify the most common challenges and potential resources that are associated to dealing with them, and (3) examine whether their responses differed as a function of their experience or sex.MethodsForty teachers and 318 student teachers completed a survey which included descriptive information, a questionnaire that assesses different responses of participants to children who experience pain, and provides a list of problems and resources that participants might encounter and implement, respectively, when dealing with these children.ResultsThe study participants most often endorsed use of coping and health-promoting responses. Experienced teachers endorsed solicitous responses significantly more often than student teachers. Women reported responding more with solicitous responses than men. Absenteeism and the negative effect of pain on the ability of students to engage in school activities were the most common pain-related challenges mentioned by the study participants overall.ConclusionsThe findings emphasize (1) the need for developing guidelines to help teachers to help students experiencing chronic pain, and (2) the importance of including information about pediatric chronic pain in teachers training.© 2018, American School Health Association.

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