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Sources of Stress for Primary School Head Teachers in New Zealand
Author(s) -
Galloway David,
Panckhurst Fay,
Boswell Kathleen,
Boswell Colin,
Green Kathy
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192860120306
Subject(s) - head teachers , school administration , interpersonal communication , psychology , principal (computer security) , stress management , stress (linguistics) , head (geology) , interpersonal relationship , sample (material) , pedagogy , social psychology , clinical psychology , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , geomorphology , computer science , geology , operating system
A stratified sample of 40 primary school head teachers in the North Island of New Zealand completed a 63 item check‐list on sources of stress. The most highly rated items referred to stress arising from management of time, administrative tasks and interpersonal relationships. A principal components analysis identified four factors, labelled: staff, work‐load/administration, role conflict, and meetings. Comparison between groups suggested that experiences of stress were related to the school's catchment area, to the adequacy of its buildings and to the head's teacher's responsibilities.