A Comparative Study of Occupational Stress Between Female and Male Teachers at Secondary Level of Education

Abstract

Teachers play a crucial role in shaping future generation. On the other hand, teaching is considered as one of the most stressful occupation these days. There is always a debate on whether a female teacher faces more stress or a male teacher. To understand this difference a comparative study was undertaken through normative field effect method. To collect the data a 20 item “Teachers’ Occupational Stress Scale (TOSS)” was administered on a stratified random sampling technique comprising of 50 male and 50 female teachers  selected from10 schools of Badaun city (UP), India. From the results it was observed that the two groups (male and female teachers) differed statistically in occupational stress scale scores – the female teachers found to be more stressed in their occupation.

Keywords: Stress, Occupational Stress, Normative field effect method