A STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG TEACHERS IN RELATION TO JOB SATISFACTION WITH REFERENCE TO SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS

In today's schools stress is becoming increasingly more common for teachers. In teachers Special Education Schools this problem of Occupational stress is more prominent due to different needs of differently abled students. Teachers manifesting high level of stress also show signs of high level of psychological distress, usually demonstrated by high anxiety and low psychological well being as well as decreased job satisfaction. Keeping in view these factors the investigator has planned the present study on 50 teachers(25 male and 25 female) of Special Education Schools of Dehradun district of Uttrakhand State. Occupational Stress Index by Dr. A.K Srivastava and Dr. A.P Singh and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire for Teachers by Kumar and Mutha was used to collect the data. Karl Pearson's Coefficient of Correlation, mean and t test was used for data analysis. Findings showed that occupational stress and job satisfaction are significantly negatively related. Male and Female teachers of Special Education schools do not differ significantly in terms of occupational stress and job satisfaction.