Environment IDENTIFIERS *Administrative Stress Index.

The Administrative Stress Index, a 35-item questionnaire, was designed, validated, and sent'to members of the Confederation of Orem School Administrators to identify perceived job stress, to ' establish stress categoriesv and to discover how administrators cope with stress. Usable responses were received from 1,156 elementary and secondary-principals7-superintendents, and central office administratom.The typical subject ims male, 42 years old, had 9 years of adminittrative experience / and worked 55 hours per week. Varimax rotation.ofthe data revealed four interpretable dimensions of stress: role-based stress, task- based- stress, boundary-spanning stress (arising from relating the school to the external environment), and conflict-mediating stress. Relationships were found between these dimensiont and such personal Characteristics as age, tenure, and health. Contrary to previous research findings