Stress Profile of Selected Public Elementary Teachers in Areas II and III in Batangas Province: Inputs for Proposed Stress Management Intervention Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Stress is expected in our daily life. Most people are unmindful of the damage that these may detriment or influence since teaching is measured as an extremely stressful profession especially today where competitiveness is a demand of the career. Increased accountabilities and targets are expected among teachers. The study aims to determine the stress profile of selected public elementary teachers in areas II and III in Batangas Province, and determined the level of stress of the teachers and proposed a stress management intervention program.

METHODS

A descriptive-analytical model of a cross-sectional study was carried out in four (4) elementary schools in selected public elementary schools in areas 2 and 3in Batangas Province. The respondents of the study were 50 selected public elementary teachers (total population). A survey questionnaire was used as the main data gathering instrument in this study. The Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) was used for data description and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test was used to test differences in relation to the different demographic profile and the level of stress of the respondents.

RESULTS

The result revealed that teachers are experiencing medium and high level of stress in accordance to different indicators such as physical, sleep, behavioural, emotional and personal. It was also found out the there is nothing to do with the respondents' profile variables which means neither of these variables affect the stress profile of the respondents. Then, it is recommended that the selected Areas II and II in Batangas Province will adapt the proposed stress management intervention program to minimize, if not eliminated the stress experienced by the public elementary school teachers. The program is an action plan type in a form of matrix focusing on how to manage stress of the teachers. Corresponding to these areas of concerns are the strategies on specific objectives, time frame, persons involved, budgetary requirements and source of fund and success indicators or outputs

DISCUSSIONS

The results determined that there were no significant differences on the level of stress of the respondents when grouped according to their profile variables. Still, it is then recommended that a stress management intervention program to be established in school to minimize stress if not totally eliminated.