Open AccessOnline Occupational Stress Intervention System for Academics
Author(s) -
Mare Teichmann,
Jüri Ilvest,
Ivar Soone
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of computers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1998-4308
DOI - 10.46300/9108.2022.16.5
Subject(s) - novelty , stressor , occupational stress , psychological intervention , coping (psychology) , psychology , stress management , workflow , time management , applied psychology , stress (linguistics) , medical education , knowledge management , computer science , social psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , database , psychiatry , operating system , linguistics , philosophy
This paper has outlined a new web-based intervention system for university academics. In particular, the paper addresses the evidence-based aspects of occupational stress in technical university academics. The novelty of the online system is in multiple-choice approach considering both primary and secondary level stress interventions. The users have a possibility to get information about their own stress level and about the specific occupational stressors by using stress test (AcadOSI), to learn coping with stress by using digital teaching tools and sources of relevant information, and finally the users receive video-based instructions for better coping with most intensive sources of stress. In academic life it means the occupational stress management trough better workflow planning, personal work-life balance activities, evaluating the necessity of bureaucracy in university, enhancing relationships with students, peers and management, and working on constant professional development.