Analytical study of occupational stress among physical education teachers of Meerut District

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine the levels of occupational stress experienced by physical education teachers of Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh. The sample consisted of 288 physical education teacher respondents working in secondary schools of Meerut District of Uttar Pradesh State. The respondents were responded to the Occupational Stress Index (Shrivastava and Singh, 1984). This Occupational Stress Index is used with some modifications. The data were analyzed with the help of programs called SPSS 17.0. The research findings point out that physical education teachers generally suffer from a moderate level of occupational stress in most of the components of occupational stress and total occupational stress. Only in role ambiguity and unprofitability physical education teachers had significantly low levels of stress. Lastly alleviating stress among physical education teachers has been discussed.