Stress Level of Baybay I District Teachers

Abstract

This study utilized the descriptive survey method of research which aimed to determine the stress level of Baybay I District teachers. This study focused on five stress level indicators: physical, sleep, behavior, emotional, and personal habits. A total of 154 teachers who were 36-50 years old who belong middle age, females, married, with MA units, 13 years or more in service, and most of them were teaching grade six served as respondents. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics through frequency counting and percentages, t-test for the differences in means, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and computer software for data analysis used to aid statistical computations. Results of the study revealed that physical, emotional, and personal habits gave a high-stress level to the teachers while sleep and behavior gave a medium stress level to the teachers. Physical has a significant relationship in terms of age. A negative correlation means that there is an opposite relationship between age and level of stress. This implied that the more mature a teacher is, the more that they could be able to manage different situations. Age is significantly related to emotions since younger teachers were not showing so much emotion in terms of demands, unlike older teachers who were expressive if one cannot do the job one can ask for help from younger teachers. Personal habits have a significant relationship in terms of age since younger teachers experience higher stress. This shows that most of the young teachers were not able to spend time for family bonding because they were tired of preparing reports to be submitted. Behavior has a significant relationship to sexes since males have significantly higher mean points total than females, which means that male teachers have higher stress ratings compared to female teachers. As to their civil status, it has a significant relationship in terms of sleep. Appendix F reveals that married teachers have experienced a “medium stress level” while solo parents experienced a “danger stress level” and single, divorced/separated, and widowed have experienced a “high-stress level”.