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A STUDY ON PERSONALITY FACTORS CAUSING STRESS AMONG SCHOOL TEACHERS
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INTRODUCTION
The term “stress” is borrowed from the discipline of physics. Stress actually
means pressure.
It is inner pressure caused by three set of factors as
mentioned below:
a) endogenous
b) exogenous and
c) interaction of endogenous and exogenous factors
Endogenous means internal (endo means inter; genous means origin or
genesis) or origination from within; exogenous means external (exo means
outside) or originating from outside. The third set of factors would emerge
when the internal and external factors interact with each other.
Causes of Stress
Stress is a psychological and physiological response to events that upset our
personal balance. The potential causes of stress are numerous. It may be
linked to the outside factors such as the state of the world, environment is
which one lives or works or the family.
SYMPTOMS OF STRESS
Every one reacts to stress differently. But there are common symptoms of
stress. People may shake uncontrollably breathe faster, deeper than normal
or even vomit. Stress can trigger an asthma attack.
Managing Stress
If one is suffering from stress, the aspect of life that causes it has to be
identified. Changes in lifestyle or other small strategies can help to deal
with stress. The work can be delegated or shared and avoid confrontation
with problematic colleagues.
Learning to be assertive, taking regular
exercise, avoiding alcohol, drug can reduce stress. On the other hand, eating
a healthy, balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables, finding humor in
stressful situations, time management, talking to friends or family and
sharing thoughts and fears can fight stress.
Occupational Stress
"Workplace stress" then is the harmful physical and emotional responses
that can happen when there is a conflict between job demands on the
employee and the amount of control an employee has over meeting these
demands. In general, the combination of high demands in a job and a low
amount of control over the situation can lead to stress.
Fear of job redundancy, layoffs due to an uncertain economy, increased
demands for overtime due to staff cutbacks act as negative stressors.
Employees who start to feel the "pressure to perform" can get caught in a
downward spiral of increasing effort to meet rising expectations with no
increase in job satisfaction. The relentless requirement to work at optimum
performance takes its toll in job dissatisfaction, employee turnover, reduced
efficiency, illness and even death. Absenteeism, illness, alcoholism, "petty
internal politics", bad or snap decisions, indifference and apathy, lack of
motivation or creativity are all by-products of an over stressed workplace.
Research Design
The research design of this study is descriptive. The study is concerned
about the factors that lead to stress among teachers. In a descriptive study,
the methods and tools are suitable for researches without much experience.
But it needs careful planning to obtain complete and accurate information
consideration of economy and protection against bias i.e. taken in to
account.
Need for the study:
The current belief in our society is that school teaching
is an easy job and that school teachers life is to be envied for they have lots
of holidays and vacations, less working house, no pressure of work and no
technicalities and rigors of bureau critic rules, procedures and discipline to
stifle or crumble them. It is also believed that school teachers role is quite
simple having no complexities tension and conflicts. This widely prevalent
belief is incorrect for this is outsiders perception of the role of women school
teachers.