Sources of Stress and Stress Management Strategies of University Teachers

The primary purpose of the study was to investigate the sources of stress and stress management strategies of university teachers. And then, And then, the difference on sources of stress across university, subject, service and designation are of next interest. Finally, the differences in stress management strategies adopted by male and female university teachers are also explored. Design of this study was cross sectional in nature. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in this study. Questionnaire survey method was used to measure university teachers’ sources of stress. This study was conducted at Yangon Region and Ayeyarwaddy Region, Myanmar. Simple random sampling technique was used in this study. The total of 488 university teachers from Yangon Region and Ayeyarwaddy Region participated in this study. Teacher Stress inventory and Stress management strategies inventory were used as the research instruments. Alpha reliability for Teacher Stress Inventory revealed at 0.82. In this study, 68% of university teachers were found to be normal whereas 17% of university teachers were low and 15% of university teachers were high. There was no gender difference among university teachers’ sources of stress. It was found that there was significant difference among university teachers’ sources of stress on university. It was found that there was significant difference among university teachers’ sources of stress on subject. It was found that there was no significant difference among university teachers’ sources of stress on designation. It was observed that there was no significant difference among university teachers’ sources of stress on service. It was found that a slight variation on stress management strategies adopted by male and female university teachers