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Society for Scientific Research
Comparative Study of Stress among Teachers Working in Government and Private High Schools of Vijayapura, KarnatakaBackground: Teaching is the most admired and respected profession in every part of the world but it has challenges that must be encountered to maintain its reputation. The study compares the stress stage between teachers working in government high schools and Private High schools in Vijayapura, Karnataka, India. Methods: The participants were 100 teachers working in government high schools and 100 teachers working in private high schools in Vijayapura, Karnataka. Cohen's perceived stress scale assessed the data regarding stress levels and the participants' baseline data was assessed by a structured questionnaire prepared by the researcher. Results: Most government, high school teachers and private high school teachers were above 45. Most teachers were males, 66% of private school teachers, whereas postgraduates , 56% of government teachers and 53% of private teachers had more than 10 years of experience. A significant difference was found in the stress level among teachers working in government and private high schools. The findings suggest that permanent employment and low workload reduced stress levels among high school teachers while higher positions i.e. headmaster and deputy headmaster and lower salaries have increased stress levels. Conclusion: Stress is prevalent in teachers of government high schools and private high schools. There is a need for some strategies that can help teachers prevent stress in them.
Elementary Education Online
A Study of Occupational Stress Among School Teachers of Rudrapur City, Uttarakhand2021 •
Introduction: “Occupational Stress” is an unavoidable phenomenon in human life in today's world of rapid industrialization and increasing urbanization. It is a psychophysical condition which affects an individual's productivity, effectiveness, personal health and quality of work. Teacher stress is a specific type of occupational stress. Teaching profession can be identified as a stressful occupation in this modern challenging world which can adversely affect the health of the teachers which in turn affects the students and the learning environment. In India, the average strength of class is about 60-70 students. This might make teachers feel stress. As they have to cater the needs of each & every child, fulfilling the learning needs of 70 students simultaneously can be a daunting task for a teacher. Objective: In this paper, attempts have been made to study the level of stress among male and female teachers working in government, semi-government and private schools. Methodology: Three government, semi-government and private schools were selected to draw the sample randomly. Approximately 10 school teachers were selected from every school using stratified random sampling, this makes a total of 90 school teachers. Data was collected through Teacher Stress Scale by Dr. Tinku De. Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test were done using SPSS version 20.0. Results: Findings revealed that the highest number of male teachers is in average stress level whereas maximum female teachers were under above average level of stress. In comparison to government school teachers; semi government and private school teachers were under more stress. Thus, it can be concluded that male and female teachers working in government, semi government and private schools lies under almost the similar level of stress. To help teachers to manage stress, authorities and policy makers should facilitate supportive and collaborative culture; should provide training for stress and time management, specific training to manage the behaviours of disruptive people; should provide leisure facilities to the faculty and should encourage involvement of faculty in decision-making. Keywords: Stress, Occupational Stress, School Teacher Stress.
The genesis of stress research was in 1914, when Walter Cannon – a noted physiologist an early pioneer of stress for the first time described body " s reaction to stress. He identified stress reaction as " fight or flight, " an involuntary response that occurs in an emergency situation in which an individual must either confront or escape from a dangerous situation. Teaching profession was once viewed as a " low stress occupation " and they have been envied for tenure, light workload, flexibility and other perks such as foreign trips for study and conference. However, so me recent studies suggest that college faculty is among the most stressed occupational group. The present study was conducted to explore the faculty perception towards occupational stress using established questionnaire, data collected from five departments in the private colleges. To find opinion about teaching and handling students, to find out the stress creators, to find out techniques applied by the College faculties for managing stress.
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Stress is an organism's total response to environmental demands or pressures. When stress was first studied in 1950's, the term was used to denote both the causes and the experienced effects of these pressures .Stress may be good or bad. More recently, however, the word stressor has been used for the stimulus that provokes a stress response. The aim of the study was to find out the factor that creates stress among school teachers in Jammu region .The 60 respondents were selected by random sampling method. Data was analysed with the help of factor analysis and Chi square test. The most important factor that creates stress is salary and other benefits, work load, and job security. So by improving these factors job stress can be reduced among the school teachers. The results of this study may be helpful for school administrations and higher authorities to make best possible policies for teachers.
The study aims at identifying the stress creators among the faculty members. The phenomenon of work stress among school teachers has been receiving global attention and concern in recent years. Work related stress on their mental and physical health. Teaching has now become a very demanding occupation with a lot of stresses and lot of responsibilities. It is important to tackle the level of stress in the work place as stress at work can lead to problems for the individual, working relationships and the overall environment. Reducing stress in the work place is an essential part of both individual and it is institutional social responsibility also. The present study aims to know the impact of demographic variables like gender, age, education, income, teaching position and experience in relation to work life balance of the school teachers in Madurai. Statistical tools like percentage analysis and one-way ANOVA are used for analysis.
International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews
STRESS MANAGEMENT AMONG SCHOOL TEACHERS WORKING IN PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITH REFERENCE TO CHENNAI CITY2019 •
Teaching profession is the noblest profession among all the professions, primary school teachers confront many troubles both in their own lives and in their proficient life; stress has turned out to be more typical in all fields, particularly primary school teachers confront parcel of worry because of their association weight change in working condition. Elementary teachers experience a great deal of worry in their workplace which influences their own life and stress cause a major effect on their physical and psychological wellness. In this paper, we will learn about the significant reason for worry in elementary teacher and its effect on their work life and individual life.
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In the first moving changing environment every occupation is the challenging one for achieving the competitive advantage. In recent times teaching job itself is very demanding and stressful job. Teachers facing stress though various stressors like work environment, students behavior, changing the teaching styles, curriculum etc. More stress cannot satisfy the employees they cannot contribute more than the responsibilities or assigned duty. The productivity of organization reduces. Mostly teachers are working in the private and schools are feeling much stress in work place. This study attempts to identify how the demographics factors affect the organizational stress among teachers. 1.1. REVIEW OF LITERATURES: Sliskovic.A& Sersic.M.D (2011) conducted a study "Work stress among university teachers: Gender and position difference." The researcher investigates exposure to stress at work in university teachers and also identify the difference between men and women as well as between positions. Data was collected from 1168 teachers employed at universities in Croatia. The researcher focuses on six groups of stressors like workload, material and technical conditions at work, relationships with colleagues at work, work with students, work organization and social recognition and status. Women have greater stress as compare to men. This study indicates the teachers in higher education are exposed to high level of occupational stress, middle positions and women in particular. Kaur.S (2011) conducted a study "Comparative study of occupational stress among teachers of private and govt.schools in relation to their age, gender and teaching experience. The researcher focuses the causes of stress and effect of stress and how to manage stress. The researchers identify the stress through different methods like self-analysis, mutual analysis, organizational roles, occupational stress and the various responsibilities of teachers. Reddy.L.G & Anuradha.V.R (2013) conducted a study "Occupational stress of higher secondary teachers working in Vellore District. The study identify the occupational stress of teachers working at higher secondary level.327 sample size was taken for the study. For analyzing the data percentage, mean, SD, t-test, F-tests and multiple regression analysis. The researcher found that 88% of higher secondary teachers are experiencing moderate and high levels of occupational stress. This indicates the need for interventions in strengthing and reinforcing teacher's self-confidence and positive attitude and weaking the stress creating factors. The researchers have suggested some measures which could prove beneficial to teachers in coping with stress are improving self-esteem; build self-confidence practice yoga meditation etc. Hasan.A (2014) study entitled "A study on occupational stress of primary school teachers". This study focuses to compare teachers' occupational stress of primary government and private schools teachers.100 sample size was collected from 50 governments and 50 private schools. The researchers found that in general both primary teachers are highly stressed. Moreover, the private primary school teachers have found to be highly stressed in comparison to government primary school teachers. Ganapa.P& Sreedevi. A (2015) conducted a study on "A comparative study of work related stress among government and private school teachers of Kurnool town". The main objective of the study was to study the difference in stress levels and their associated factors between government and private school teachers and identify the stress related symptoms among school teachers. This study was conducted among 180 school teachers and 94 private
All other professionalists once viewed that Teaching profession as a 'low stress occupation' and they have been envied for permanent status, low workload, flexibility and other facilities such as foreign trips for study and conference. However, many recent studies reveals that college faculty is among the most stressed occupational group. The present study was conducted to explain the teachers' perception towards occupational stress using established questions, data were collected from five different self-financing colleges. To collect the opinion about teaching and handling students, to find out the stress creators, to analysis of sharing stress problems faced by the College teachers.
Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results
A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF COLLEGE TEACHERS IN SOUTH INDIA2022 •
Being a teacher is difficult. There are numerous causes, but there are also ways to help the teacher deal with them.One of the primary factors driving many teachers out of the profession is teacher stress. While teaching has always been stressful, it has become exacerbated by the difficulties that many educators have faced as a result of Covid-19. A whopping 60% of teachers reported being stressed. Due to stress, many educators are considering leaving for the first time or have already left the profession.The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that bring in stress. A convenient sampling technique was used in this study. A total of 220 teachers were included in the study who belonged to Chennai, Bangalore and Kerela states. A previously validated questionnaire named Brief Job Stress Questionnairewhich was adopted for the study. The results of the study revealthatout of the fiveconstructstime spent outside of work, self-assessment ability, relationships between teachers, social interaction outside teaching and duties outside teaching, the stress is impacted by duties outside teaching and induces them to feel unproductive. This research examined the impact of various dimensions on the stress level of teachers.Confirmatory factor analysis extracted five factors: "Time spent outside of work," "Self-assessment of one's ability as a teacher," "Relationship with other teachers," "Social interactions outside of teaching," and "Duties outside of teaching." Originality/value-This study helps to understand the level of stressencountered by teachers in colleges and to take corrective measures to mitigate the level of stress thereby enhancing the standards of working environment.
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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
Maritime Trade, Society and European Influence in Southern Asia, 1600–1800. By S. Arasaratman. Aldershot: Variorum, 1995. Various pagings. Index, Bibliography1997 •
A Dimensão Cultural do Projecto Europeu. Da Europa das Culturas aos Pilares de uma Política Cultural Europeia, 2007
prefácio de Armando Marques Guedes (pp. 17-23) ao livro de Vera Dantas (2007), A Dimensão Cultural do Projecto Europeu. Da Europa das Culturas aos Pilares de uma Política Cultural Europeia, Biblioteca Diplomática, Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Lisboa.Archaeological Review from Cambridge 36:2
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The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert
The Documentation of the Cultural Heritage of the Bedouin of South Sinai2012 •
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Glucocorticoid Treatment Increases Inhibitory M2 Muscarinic Receptor Expression and Function in the Airways2001 •
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Development and analysis of the Soil Water Infiltration Global database2018 •
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Urban Infrastructure Redevelopments and Loss of Public Commons2022 •