Symposium on Teacher Stress

Occupational stress among vocational teachers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7675841
AutoresR T Pithers (University of Technology Sydney, autor de correspondencia), Gerard J Fogarty (0000-0002-8067-3912, University of Southern Queensland)
Año1995
Volumen65
Número1
Páginas3-14
Fecha de publicación1995-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1995.tb01127.x
PMID7727266
OpenAlexW1969823213
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12

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