Open AccessPrevalent Rate of Occupational Stress among Senior High School Teachers
Author(s) -
Dominic Owusu,
Anthony A. Nkyi,
Grace Sintim Adasi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of scientific research and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-0227
DOI - 10.9734/jsrr/2021/v27i1130467
Subject(s) - occupational stress , descriptive statistics , psychology , significant difference , burnout , stress (linguistics) , census , test (biology) , medical education , descriptive research , medicine , clinical psychology , statistics , environmental health , mathematics , population , linguistics , philosophy , paleontology , biology
This study assessed occupational stress among Senior High School teachers in Ghana. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The census method was used to involve all the 520 teachers in the selected public Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The research instrument used was a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistics (independent samples t-test and One-Way ANOVA) were employed for the data analysis. The findings showed low level of occupational stress among the teachers engaged in the research. The study also revealed that there is no statistically significant difference in occupational stress among teachers based on their gender. However, the study found out that there was a statistically significant difference in occupational stress among teachers based on their age, educational qualification and teaching experience. Based on the findings and the conclusions drawn, it was recommended that the Ghana Education Service (GES) and other analogous institutions should consciously re-design the responsibilities of teachers in the classroom in such a way that it may reduce the occupational stress, burnout and turnover intentions teachers experience on their jobs.