Open AccessSTRESS AMONG UNIVERSITY TEACHERS: AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN BULGARIA
Author(s) -
Peter Valkov,
Katya Peeva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
trakia journal of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1313-3551
pISSN - 1312-1723
DOI - 10.15547/tjs.2020.s.01.045
Subject(s) - workload , marital status , psychology , coping (psychology) , descriptive statistics , stress (linguistics) , software package , significant difference , statistical analysis , applied psychology , clinical psychology , demography , statistics , mathematics , computer science , software , sociology , population , linguistics , philosophy , programming language , operating system
Purpose: The main purpose of the study was to assess the levels of perceived stress among university teachers and to investigate whether a statistically significant relationship exists between perceived stress scores and age, sex, marital status, workload, financial status, years of teaching and physical activity of university teachers.Method: The research was carried out at Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. The sample was comprised of 86 university teachers. For statistical processing of the data were used descriptive analysis, Student's T-test and ANOVA with Dunnett's Post Hoc Tests for comparing the means. The IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 25th Version software was used to analyse the data.Results: There were no significant differences in the level of stress when the respondents were grouped as to age, sex, marital status and workload while a significant difference was found between perceived stress score and financial status, years of teaching, and physical activity. Conclusion: Stress among university teachers is a serious problem that requires additional research with a larger sample. University teachers should adopt positive coping strategies, such as regular rest and physical activity. Specific recommendations for coping with stress are suggested.