Psycho-Social Factors Causing Stress: A Study of Teacher Educators

Autor/inn/en	Jain, Geetika; Tyagi, Harish Kumar; Kumar, Anil
Titel	Psycho-Social Factors Causing Stress: A Study of Teacher Educators
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 6 (2015) 4, S.125-130 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Stress Variables; Age Differences; Teacher Educators; Personality Traits; Foreign Countries; Measures (Individuals); Extraversion Introversion; Personality Measures; Gender Differences; Teacher Qualifications; Teacher Role; Role Conflict; Teacher Education Programs; Colleges; College Faculty; Work Environment; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ausland; Messdaten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Lehrqualifikation; Lehrerrolle; Rollenkonflikt; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Fakultät; Arbeitsmilieu; Indien
Abstract	Purpose: The present investigation was planned to determine the influence of type of personality, gender, age, qualification and experience causing stress among teacher educators at work. Method: A sample of 100 subjects from male and female teachers teaching in teacher training colleges, Delhi, India was drawn randomly. The data was collected by applying the following tools: (i) Organizational Role Stress Scale (ORS) by Udai Pareek (1993). This tool measures role space and role set conflict. Test carries 50 items which are rated at five point scale. (ii) R-R introversion-Extroversion Scale by Dr. R. N. Singh and Dr. R. B. Tripathi (2010). This tool measures the personality in terms of Highly Extrovert, Predominantly Extrovert, Balanced Ambivert, Predominantly Introvert and Highly Introvert. This tool consists of 50 items with "yes" and "no" alternative responses. Results: The results revealed that (i) Female teacher educators are more likely to experience stress as compared to male teacher educators. (ii) Younger teacher educators are more likely to experience stress as compared to older teacher educators. (iii) Less qualified teacher educators are more likely to experience stress as compared to highly qualified teacher educators. (iv) Less experienced teacher educators are more likely to experience stress as compared to highly experienced teacher educators. (v) Introvert type of teacher educators are more likely to experience stress as compared to Extrovert teacher educators. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01