Symposium on Teacher Stress

Occupational stress among vocational teachers

Bibliographic Data

ID7675841
AuthorsR T Pithers (University of Technology Sydney, corresponding author), Gerard J Fogarty (0000-0002-8067-3912, University of Southern Queensland)
Year1995
Volume65
Issue1
Pages3-14
Publication date1995-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1995.tb01127.x
PMID7727266
OpenAlexW1969823213
LanguageEN
Citations received12

There is a widespread belief that work related stress among teachers is serious, with implications for teachers' health status and performance. The difficulty with interpreting data on teacher stress is that the measuring instruments used are often neither standardised nor sometimes focused on stressors pertinent to the occupational roles of teachers. This study, therefore, uses a recently developed test instrument called the Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI) which concisely measures occupational stress, strain and coping resources. Data were obtained, using the OSI, from a group of vocational teachers and compared to a group of professional non‐teachers. Overall the results showed a significantly higher level of teacher stress, although only one of 10 stress and strain measures contributed to this effect. The implications for teachers, in terms of occupational role, are discussed

Coping (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Mathematics education · Occupational stress · Pedagogy · School teachers · Stress (linguistics) · Stressor · Test (biology) · Vocational education · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stress and Burnout Research · Technostress in Professional Settings