MENTAL HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS OF WOMEN TEACHERS AT SECONDARY LEVEL

Every woman stuck in a vicious cycle of stress and depression forever trying to balance an ever growing burden of professional responsibilities and personal commitment. Mental health reported as an important factor influencing individual behavior. So the present study is carried out on mental health and occupational stress of women teachers at secondary level. The researcher used the descriptive survey method. One hundred secondary schools from Keonjhar district of Odisha were selected through simple random sampling technique. From the hundred schools, a sample of 100 women teachers was selected randomly where 60 women teachers were married and 40 were unmarried. Standardized tools i.e. Employee's Mental Health Inventory (EMHI) prepared by Dr. Jagadish (Agra) and Teachers Occupational Stress Scale (TOSS) prepared by Dr. Meenakshi Sharma and Dr. Satvinderpal kaur on occupational stress were used. The collected data were analyzed through t-test, product moment® and QD. From the above study it was found that there is significance of difference in mental health between married and unmarried women teachers at secondary level.