A Study on Stress Management among Arts and Science College Teacher in Trichy City

Abstract

The aim of the study is to find out the stress management level of arts and science college teachers in Trichy City. The teachers are the assets of any country. They are burdened with the greatest responsibility of ‘nation building’. The teaching profession has an esteemed place among all professions. However, teaching as a profession at any level is becoming more demanding day by day. Teaching has also become more like a managerial job and is having multi-dimensional job responsibilities. All these situations greatly enhance the stress amongteachers. Stress can’t be avoided, but one can learn how to manage it. Policy makers are advised to analyse the college teacher training and assessment system with the assumption that personal and social characteristics and working conditions may have an effect on college teacher stress. Stress management scale was developed by Dr. Vandana Kaushik and Dr. Namrata Arora Charpe. Sample teachers were selected for simple random sampling by using lottery method because of easy accessibility and affordability analysed by using statistical package of simple percentage.