EFFECTIVENESS OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS COPING STRATEGIES FOR TEACHERS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Dr. J.Sujathamalini; S. Kanmani

Volume : V, Issue : X, October - 2016

EFFECTIVENESS OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS COPING STRATEGIES FOR TEACHERS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Dr. J. Sujathamalini, S. Kanmani

Abstract :

The empirical study highlights at examining the sources, effects and the occupational stress coping strategies for teachers with special reference to inclusive education. Occupational Stress is a term refers to ongoing stress related to workplace. It is a physical or psychological disorder associated with an occupational environment and manifested in symptoms such as extreme anxiety, or tension, or cramps, headaches, or digestion problems. Sometime the stress also acts as a motivator to the individual to strive for excellence. It is a pressure experienced by the responsibilities assigned in their duty. Such pressure is highly experienced by the teachers working in the inclusive schools with diverse group of learners. The methodology adopted was both quantitative and qualitative. To collect the quantitative data, the occupational Stress and occupational stress coping strategies tool was developed by investigators. The investigator evaluates occupational stress by analyzing four key factors: i) organizational factor ii) professional factor iii) professional interpersonal interaction factor and iv) instructional factor. And the occupational stress coping strategies focus physical well being, psychological well being, emotional well being and social well being. To collect qualitative data an unstructured personal opinion was used. In these study occupational stress coping strategies was prepared by the investigators for teachers with special reference to the inclusive education. After administering stress coping strategies for a period of 4 weeks the effect of the strategies was assessed with the post test. The study result shows that the occupational stress coping strategies were effective. Thus, stress Coping strategies reduce the occupational stress for teachers with special reference to inclusive education are proved in this study