http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).19
10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).19
Published : Mar 2022
Exploring Stress Coping Strategies of Primary School Teachers
Stress at the workplace is unavoidable, but it is needed to be coped for ensuring emotional and physical health. The study explores the strategies for coping with stress among primary schoolteachers with varied demographic characteristics i.e. gender, locale, length of job experience, and academic and professional qualification. The sample of 315 (104 male, 211 female) primary school teachers was selected conveniently from the primary schools of tehsil Sargodha. Data was collected through a self-developed scale of stress coping strategy for primary teachers and analyzed through percentages, frequency, t-test and ANOVA. Male primary teachers use more strategies to cope with the stress as compared to the female. Teachers of various levels of academic qualifications used more strategies to cope with the stress, while no variation was found on the bases of locality, professional qualifications and experience were found. School Education Department is recommended to arrange guidance and counseling programs for teachers to use better stress coping strategies.
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Stress Coping Strategy, Primary School Teachers
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(1) Ahmad Bilal Cheema
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Farah Shafiq
Assistant Professor, Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Mushtaq Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
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APA : Cheema, A. B., Shafiq, F., & Ahmad, M. (2022). Exploring Stress Coping Strategies of Primary School Teachers. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(I), 180 - 194. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).19
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CHICAGO : Cheema, Ahmad Bilal, Farah Shafiq, and Mushtaq Ahmad. 2022. "Exploring Stress Coping Strategies of Primary School Teachers." Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I): 180 - 194 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).19
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HARVARD : CHEEMA, A. B., SHAFIQ, F. & AHMAD, M. 2022. Exploring Stress Coping Strategies of Primary School Teachers. Global Educational Studies Review, VII, 180 - 194.
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MHRA : Cheema, Ahmad Bilal, Farah Shafiq, and Mushtaq Ahmad. 2022. "Exploring Stress Coping Strategies of Primary School Teachers." Global Educational Studies Review, VII: 180 - 194
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MLA : Cheema, Ahmad Bilal, Farah Shafiq, and Mushtaq Ahmad. "Exploring Stress Coping Strategies of Primary School Teachers." Global Educational Studies Review, VII.I (2022): 180 - 194 Print.
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OXFORD : Cheema, Ahmad Bilal, Shafiq, Farah, and Ahmad, Mushtaq (2022), "Exploring Stress Coping Strategies of Primary School Teachers", Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I), 180 - 194
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TURABIAN : Cheema, Ahmad Bilal, Farah Shafiq, and Mushtaq Ahmad. "Exploring Stress Coping Strategies of Primary School Teachers." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. I (2022): 180 - 194. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).19