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Self-reported work and family stress of female primary teachers

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posted on 2003-04-01, 00:00 authored by N Thomas, Valerie Clarke, Judith Lavery
Stress arising in the domain of work and family can have a cumulative effect, and can spill over across the domains. The work-family interface has  received little attention in teacher stress research, therefore the present study aimed to investigate work and family stress among teachers. Self-report questionnaires were distributed to 102 female, primary teachers from government schools in the Geelong area. Responses were used to: (a) identify the major work and family stressors; (b) identify the contributions of perceived work and family stress to perceived global stress; and (c) explore the impact that work and family stress have on each other. Overall the teachers reported moderate levels of global, work and family stress. Time and workload pressure was the major work stressor, and responsibility for child rearing the major family stressor. Work stress and home stress both impacted on each other. The implications of the findings were discussed.

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Journal

Australian journal of education

Volume

47

Issue

1

Pagination

73 - 87

Publisher

Australian Council for Educational Research

Location

Sydney, N.S.W.

ISSN

0004-9441

eISSN

2050-5884

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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