This is job stress as it is perceived by the male
and female teachers. Every individual has the dream of actualization and in
when things do not go as planned for an individual, the individual is stressed
up. War (1987) averred that the aspiration of meeting up with human needs and
lack of self-esteem are symptoms of stress, this is because everybody requires
some element of respect and honour in his/her working place.
According to
Cooper (1985) in his study, he found out that non-manual workers in senior
positions in companies are found to be less stressed than other set of workers
of intermediate status like messengers, cleaners etc. as a still higher value
of stress is experienced by unskilled workers whose jobs are mainly
respectively and demand a lot of physical effort.
Schools in Nigeria have been
characterized by disrespect for moral values as teachers are treated with
ridicule and contempt. Teachers don’t have regard from pupils and the
government (Eme, 1996). Stress is delicate in nature and when perceived
negatively or becomes of excess, it tends to affect the health and academic
performance of the teacher or the individual involved. Campbell and Stevenson
(1992) averred that school teachers often attempt to control and reduce their
stress through avoidance, religious and social support or positive reappraisal.
Teachers in schools are engulfed with so much stress and this can be reduced or
controlled through effective time management and study techniques.
Macan
(1990) found that teachers perceived themselves in control of their time
reported greater work and life satisfaction and fewer job induced somatic
tension, leaving home for school is a development mile stone that can exist
psychological difficulties or trigger the emergence of new ones.
Moreover,
leaving home, family and peer support and arriving at an unfamiliar place where
high academic standards often creates pressure which can deepen depression of
teacher and perception of job stress is limited, said that teachers also being
stress into the classroom in the form of inherent personality traits.
Researchers
like Baumrind (1996), Okafor (2002) and Durojaiye (1984) argued that female
teachers actually experienced more symptoms of depression and anxiety than the
male teachers.
Life
can be stressful especially for teachers that are employed newly and where
decision which will determine what they will do with their lives. It is a time
where they set the path they have to take to reach their goals. They are faced
with many challenges and questions such as selecting a school which may be in
their home town or away from home, female and male teachers both experienced a
great deal of job stress at this point of their life. However, researches show
that female teachers experienced higher level of stress.
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