Sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan

Job stress has been identified as one of the widespread problems among school teachers (Arikewuyo, 2004). Stress response that related to the workplace is known as a job stress. The aim of this study are to determine the prevalence of job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan, to identi...

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Main Authors: Rasudin, Nur Syahmina, Shohaimi, Shamarina, Hassan, Siti Aishah, Zainuddin, Huda
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66362/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66362/1/ICERP2015-20.pdf
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author Rasudin, Nur Syahmina
Shohaimi, Shamarina
Hassan, Siti Aishah
Zainuddin, Huda
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Hassan, Siti Aishah
Zainuddin, Huda
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description Job stress has been identified as one of the widespread problems among school teachers (Arikewuyo, 2004). Stress response that related to the workplace is known as a job stress. The aim of this study are to determine the prevalence of job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan, to identify the sociodemographic factors and medical history that related to job stress. This is a preliminary result of the study. This is a cross sectional study design with 680 respondents included in the study. The sociodemographic questionnaire (gender, race, marital status, level of education, age, years of teaching and household income), medical history (hypertension, asthma, diabetes and peptic ulcer) and Teacher Stress Level Inventory (TSLI) were administered to respondents. Data were analyzed for multiple regression analysis using Stata. TSLI had a good Cronbach Alpha >7.0. The prevalence of job stress among secondary school teachers in Kota Bharu was 40.3%. Age, gender, marital status and hypertension found to had significant prediction on job stress among school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan (p-value <0.001). This preliminary analysis concluded that age, gender, marital status and hypertension are significant predictors for job stress.
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spelling upm-663622019-02-13T06:30:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66362/ Sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan Rasudin, Nur Syahmina Shohaimi, Shamarina Hassan, Siti Aishah Zainuddin, Huda Job stress has been identified as one of the widespread problems among school teachers (Arikewuyo, 2004). Stress response that related to the workplace is known as a job stress. The aim of this study are to determine the prevalence of job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan, to identify the sociodemographic factors and medical history that related to job stress. This is a preliminary result of the study. This is a cross sectional study design with 680 respondents included in the study. The sociodemographic questionnaire (gender, race, marital status, level of education, age, years of teaching and household income), medical history (hypertension, asthma, diabetes and peptic ulcer) and Teacher Stress Level Inventory (TSLI) were administered to respondents. Data were analyzed for multiple regression analysis using Stata. TSLI had a good Cronbach Alpha >7.0. The prevalence of job stress among secondary school teachers in Kota Bharu was 40.3%. Age, gender, marital status and hypertension found to had significant prediction on job stress among school teachers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan (p-value <0.001). This preliminary analysis concluded that age, gender, marital status and hypertension are significant predictors for job stress. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66362/1/ICERP2015-20.pdf Rasudin, Nur Syahmina and Shohaimi, Shamarina and Hassan, Siti Aishah and Zainuddin, Huda (2015) Sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan. In: 3rd International Conference on Educational Research and Practice (ICERP 2015), 25-26 Aug. 2015, The Everly, Putrajaya. (pp. 379-381).
spellingShingle Rasudin, Nur Syahmina
Shohaimi, Shamarina
Hassan, Siti Aishah
Zainuddin, Huda
Sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan
title Sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan
title_full Sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan
title_fullStr Sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed Sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan
title_short Sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in Kelantan
title_sort sociodemographic factors associated with job stress among secondary school teachers in kelantan
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66362/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66362/1/ICERP2015-20.pdf