Emotional competence and stress on health status on primary school teachers and housewives
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2009
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
A study on the emotional competence and stress on health status of 105 primary
school teachers and 50 housewives was conducted in Dharwad city during 2008-09. The
married teachers more than 25 years of age with at least 5 years of teaching experience were
randomly selected from 18 schools. The housewives belonging to the same age and income
groups were selected as control group. Emotional competence was assessed using EC- Scale
developed by Bharadwaj and Sharma (1995) and health status by Post Graduate Institute of
Medical Education and Research (P.G.I) Health Questionnaire N-2 developed by Wig and
Verma (1978). Stress Inventory for Teachers (SIT) developed by Sheeja (1999) was used to
assess the stress of teachers. General stress of teachers and housewives was assessed using
Stress Index Questionnaire developed by Ivancevich and Matteson (1980). The results
revealed that majority of the teachers and housewives indicated average to competent level of
emotional competence (88-89.5%), high general stress levels (66-74.3%) and mildly affected
health status (88.6-92.0%). Majority of the teachers showed average to high stressors and
overall stress. There was highly significant difference between the teachers and housewives
on health status, highlighting more perceived health problems among teachers. The selected
demographic factors such as, age and work experience showed positive and highly significant
relationship with emotional competence and health status, where as negative and highly
significant with general stress of teachers. Income showed positive and significant
relationship with emotional competence of housewives. Negative and significant relationship
was observed between emotional competence with stress and health status of teachers and
housewives. Hence, increase in the emotional competence reduced the stress levels and health
problems (neurosis) significantly among primary school teachers and housewives.
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Human Development