A STUDY ON STRESS MANAGEMENT OF

SCHOOL TEACHERS A STUDY WITH

REFERENCE TO CHENNAI CITY

A.Subalakshmi
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 INTRODUCTION

According to Cooper & Palmer (2000), ‘Stress is the reaction people have to
excessive pressures or other types of demand placed upon them. It arises when
they worry that they cannot cope’.

Kinds of stress Cause of Stress

Time stress Job demands

Anticipatory Stress Control at work
Situational Stress Support at work
Encounter Stress Workplace relationships
Role-based stress
TEACHERS' STRESS

Teachers today are under a great deal of stress. With high-stakes testing and schools’ demands for
high-quality teacher/student performance, teachers experience many sources of stress. The effects
of stress are not only harmful for the individual teacher, but for the students and the learning

environment as well.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

To understand various stress faced by teachers in their profession.

To know symptoms of stress among teachers.
To know various methods and techniques used by them to handle their stress.

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The scope of the study is limited to the factors causing stress.

The impact on their family life, work life, health and also on students
RESEARCH DESIGN

Sample Size – 101 Teachers

Period of the Study – 3 Months
Sample Area – Chennai District
Data Collection – Primary Data is used
Sampling Method - Convenience sampling method
Analysis Tool – Percentage Method and Factor Analysis Method

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

The respondent’s opinion could be biased because it was issued through management .
 DATA INTERPERTATION, FINDINGS AND
SUGGESSTION

PERCENTAGE ANALYSIS

Majority (86.14%) belongs to female respondents.

Majority (55.44%) of the respondent belongs to 6 to 15 years of teaching experience.
Majority (86.14%) of the respondent belongs to Private school teachers.
 Majority (55.44%) of the respondent belongs to middle and elementary school teachers.
FACTOR ANALYSIS

Factor analysis were used to analyze the factor that enhances the effectiveness of stress
management among school teachers. KMO measure of sampling adequacy was .913 and
Bartlett’s test showed significance level .001. Therefore factor analysis could be applied to 20
variables measuring the effectiveness of stress management among school teachers. It was
observed that all measures of sampling adequacy being more than 0.05, all variable could be
subjected to factor analysis. The total variance explained was 60.781.

From 20 variables is classified into 3 factors namely Stress factor, work factor, stress reduction
factor. Stress factor has 7 variables with a cumulative variance of 28.091. Work factor has 7
variables with a cumulative variance of 47.379. Stress reduction factor has 6 variables with a

cumulative variance of 60.1781 .

 Able to express your stress .812
Find yourself complaining to others .744

Student make your job stressful .723

Difficulty controlling your class .709

Stress factor
Level of stress interferes with your .661
performance as a teacher
Do you put deadline for accomplish task .644

Relationship with your administrator(s) .616

Do you believe that .714 Family member helps you .764

there is a relationship in house hold works
between teacher
stress levels and School arrange any .352
student outcomes vacation or stress
reduction program
School work to home .762
for compliance Mingle with your family .804
Student parent rate .726 or friends more time for
Stress reduce the stress
your teaching
Work factor Reduction
Frustrated and/or feel .560 Do you get any of the .532
factor following like backaches,
angry by the end of
the day stiff neck ,body pain, etc.
You having difficult .370 Stress-reduction program .474
in time management would improve your job
Teachers rating your .395 performance
job
Are you now using prone .364
Little support from .369 to any of the following
your colleague relieve your stress
SUGGESSTION

The schools can organise health camps for the benefit of teachers and students
The management can conduct refresher camps for the teachers. They can invite some
experts who will help the teachers to come out of their stress and keep them healthy.
The family members should also support the teachers in their house hold works.
Particularly the female teachers need the help of their spouse and other members.
Maintain a positive attitude; this will make it easier to live and work with others. Learn
about the various relaxation methods available to help you ease your daily tensions
 CONCLUSION

The physical and mental impact caused by stress and the ways to overcome stress. The student’s
behaviour, waking up late, the class strength / number of students they handle, inadequate facilities,
administrative pressure etc. cause them stress. The school teachers seek the support of their family
members, friends and colleagues. To overcome stress teachers indulge in meditation or prayer. The
teachers face tiredness, indigestion problems because of stress. The teachers can engage them self
in yoga, exercises to keep them away from stress. The management should take adequate
administrative measures like providing proper working environment, counselling etc. The
management should maintain the student teachers ratio (30:1). It helps the teachers to be interactive
with their students and make them less stress. The government should implement certain policies
regarding the facilities to be provided inside the school, the environment of the school, their
minimum pay scale etc. A combination of Institutional change and stress management is often the
most useful approach for preventing stress at work.
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