AWARENESS ABOUT USING THE COPING STRATEGIES AMONG THE GOMAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFF

This study investigates the awareness about using the coping strategies among teaching staff in Gomal University. It covers a multidimensional approach and emphasizes all the related aspects of giving the basic conceptual framework the phenomena of teaching stress, its negative effect causing health problems and the attitude of job burnout are discussed deeply. To highlight the role of strong coping mechanism a number of coping strategies are elaborated in detail to suggest the various ways to control the teaching stress and minimize the chances of burn out. The study follows an organized sequence following the schematic diagram and model developed by the researchers. Researchers designed a set for the study in pertinent to the research methods of data collection, statistical analysis and interpretation. The study includes a randomly selected sample of 250 university teachers including 210 male and 40 female teachers employed in various teaching departments of Gomal University. Research hypotheses are tested and a summary of major findings is provided.