Are they Stress-Free? Examining Stress among Primary School Teachers in Tanzania

HIV stress in primary school teachers in Zambia.

A study was made of stress factors experienced by primary school teachers in Zambia after they had attended a course on stress management and counselling skills. Their pupils were significantly affected by poverty, death and illness of parents, fellow-pupils and teachers, teenage sex and pregnancy, violence in the home and, among girls, low self-esteem. The HIV epidemic had a major bearing on t...

Job Satisfaction and Stress Coping Skills of Primary School Teachers

Relationship between Occupational Stress and Burnout among School Teachers

The study investigated the relationship between teacher occupational stress and burnout. The sample size of 400 private school teachers of Himachal Pradesh was taken in to consideration which included both primary and secondary school teachers. The test of Teacher stress Survey by Malik, 1993 and Maslach Burnout inventory by Maslach & Jackson, 1981 was used to assess the teacher stress and burn...

Asthma awareness among primary school teachers in Zanjan in 2014

Background: Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease and a leading cause of school absenteeism. Awareness, attitude, and knowledge of asthma can play an effective role in controlling this disease and its consequences. Accordingly, this study aimed to determine the level of asthma awareness among primary school teachers in Zanjan. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was...

Psychophysiological stress in high school teachers.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to follow psychophysiological stress over a year with four repeated measurements in full-time employed high school teachers and to compare their results with those obtained in the part-time retired teachers, gardeners and rescue workers. MATERIALS AND METHODS The subjects consisted of 17 (10 females, 7 males) full-time and 9 part-time employed teachers (7 ...