[[alternative]]A Study of the Job Stress and Coping Strategy for

[[abstract]]The purposes of this study were to clarify the current situation of the job stress and coping strategy for physical education teachers of universities in Taiwan. It was also to compare the differences of the different background variables on their job stress and coping strategy. In addition, it tried to probe the relationship between the job stress and coping strategy. Five hundred and seventeen full-time universities physical education teachers served as the research subjects and the questionnaire "Job stress of the universities physical education teachers measuring scale" was used as research survey instrument. According to the data collected from the questionnaires, means values, standardized scores, one-way MANOVA, Pearson Product-moment Correlation were used for data analysis. The results showed that： 1. The universities physical education teachers perceived job stress tend to be middle level, and teachers scored higher on the "laws and regulations bondage" factor. They used "solving problems" of the coping strategy more often. 2. Different background teachers (except gender) felt significant differences in job stress. As a whole, the age were younger, shorter accumulated years of teaching, unmarried, bachelor's degree, lecturers, teaching in private universities, and with part-time administration felt the higher job stress. Besides, different background teachers only felt significant differences in " accumulated years of teaching" and "public or private schools" factors in coping strategy. 3. There were positive significantly correlation between all factors of the job stress and "knuckle under problems", "recreational activities", "emotional adjust" and "escape problems." But, there was significant negative correlation between "professional growth" and "solving problems."