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Stress Among Elementary School Teachers

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STRESS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

This research examines the development and management of stress among elementary school teachers. The findings of this research are presented in discussions in which the problem investigated is defined, the development of stress among elementary school teachers is explained, and strategies for the management of stress in schools are assessed.

Stress is a significant problem among teachers in the nation's public schools. Stress levels are particularly high among teachers in lower socioeconomic communities. One public school district where teacher stress levels have been found to be particularly high is in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools operated on the Navajo Indian reservations in New Mexico. The problem facing the BIA school administration was two-faceted. It was necessary to first determine the causes of stress among the district's teachers, and secondly to develop a program to assist teachers in learning how to manage the stress in their lives.

Extensive research was initiated and conducted in the 1960s and 1970s relative to the relationship between stress and life events. One research study developed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS). Several studies were subsequently conducted, using the SRRS as a basis for investigation. These research performed for these studies was retrospective in character, and asked subjects to report (1) illness histories, and (2) personal life event changes for a 10-year time period. In this research, the numbers and types of illnesses experienced were related to the number of life event changes, which were called life change units (LCUs).

As a general rule, these studies found that: (1) fewer than 150 LCUs per year cor...

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