Assessment of stress and its risk factors among primary school teachers in the Klang Valley, Malaysia
Introduction: This cross-sectional study determined the workplace stressors, stress levels, mental health status and their influencing factors, among primary school teachers in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. Methodology: Nine primary schools in Klang Valley which fulfil the inclusive criteria...
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Canadian Center of Science and Education
2010
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13310/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13310/1/Assessment%20of%20stress%20and%20its%20risk%20factors%20among%20primary%20school%20teachers%20in%20the%20Klang%20Valley.pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction:
This cross-sectional study determined the workplace stressors, stress levels, mental health status and their influencing factors, among primary school teachers in the Klang Valley, Malaysia.
Methodology:
Nine primary schools in Klang Valley which fulfil the inclusive criteria were randomly selected from a list obtained from the Ministry of Education website. Two hundred and seventy two teachers from the selected school, volunteered to participate in the study. A questionnaire was used to determine socio-demographic background, working information and medical history. Teacher Stress Inventory was used to measure the stressor and stress levels; while General Health Questionnaire was used to measure the mental health status.
Result:
Results showed that most of the teachers experience moderate stress level (71.7%) and only 12.1% had low mental health status. Student misbehaviour was the main stressor in the school environment (mean= 2.62). Gender (p=0.001) and workload (p=0.002) showed a significant contributing factors toward mental health status.
Conclusion:
These primary school teachers experience stress mainly due to the student misbehaviour and the mental well-being were influenced by the workload and gender. Women teachers with heavy workload had relationship with lower mental health status. |
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