2018 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 34-42
The object of this self-administered survey was seeking information that could lead to alleviating high school teacher's occupational stress from the point of view of the knowledge on the relationship between minds and bodies of workers. We sent the questionnaires to 1,191 public high school teachers, received 87 replies (excluding those with defects, etc.), and used these replies as the object of our analysis (response rate-8.2%, valid response rate-88.8%). We analyzed the data on the relationship between finding about positive value in work (having of job satisfaction and worthwhile job) and scores on the New Simple Questionnaire on Occupational Stress (The New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire).
Seventy eight point two percent of those who replied with valid responses (68 people) find positive value in their work as a teacher; and their stress control was good. Using a multiple regression analysis we found that there were stress factors related to or unrelated to positively valuing work. While it was pointed out that the creation of feelings of job satisfaction and that one's job was worthwhile was necessary to alleviate teachers'occupational stress, this study suggested that it was not enough.
