STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND ADJUSTMENT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Authors: Malvika Kotwal & Neetu Parihar

ABSTRACT

The modern age has provided us with many luxuries and comforts, that made our life easy but at the same time stressful also. In order to lead a luxurious life, we are working for longer hours without taking rest, which adversely affects our health and happiness and gives rise to occupational stress. Occupational stress generally occurs because of a misfit of person’s attitude, abilities, skills and the demands of the occupation and the organization. Adjustment is the process by which a person maintains a balance between the needs and the circumstances that influence the satisfaction of these needs. This paper is an attempt to examine the occupational stress and adjustment among secondary school teachers. The present quantitative study was conducted on 206 secondary school teachers. The data was collected using Occupational Stress Index by Dr. A.K. Shrivastava and Dr. A.P. Singh, and Mangal’s Teacher Adjustment Inventory (MTAI) by Dr. S.K. Mangal. The data was analyzed by employing Pearson’s Product Moment Method of Correlation. It was analyzed that significant positive relationship has been found between occupational stress and adjustment among trained male teachers of secondary schools. It was further found that no significant relationship has been found between occupational stress and adjustment among trained female teachers, untrained male teachers and untrained female teachers of secondary schools.

Keywords: Occupational stress, adjustment, secondary school, trained teachers, untrained teachers.

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