AN INVESTIGATION ON ‘STRESS AMONG WOMEN TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS’

Abstract

School teachers are exposed to high level of stress. Socio-demographic variables, salary, working environment, work pressure, promotion problem, play a significant role in causing stress across teachers of school. Indian study is lacking in establishing relation between different variables and level of stress. The aim of the study was to determine the level of stress experienced by school teachers. The dimensions of stress studied included work stress, mental stress, emotional stress and promotion related stress, salary related stress. The study adopted the cross-sectional survey design using a sample of 60 female teachers drawn from schools of ZONE-

Self-developed questionnaire was used to collect the data for the study. The questionnaire divided into 2 part, first part related to the personal details, second part relates with measuring of stress among teachers. All the close-ended questions were designed to generate response. Due to work related stress, newly joined teachers face lower level of stress than the experienced teachers, unmarried teachers have less stress than those who are married, and teachers on higher professional level have less stress than those who are at lower professional level. Teaching is a stressful job and level of stress varies across different population.