The Effects of Behavioral Modification on Psychological Condition of Elementary School Teachers in Surabaya during Covid-19 Pandemic

The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of behavioral modification on psychological wellbeing of elementary teachers of West Surabaya duringCovid 19 pandemic. The psychological condition was measured through Perceived Stress Scale (developed by Cohen et al, 1983). Thirty elementary teachers participated in this study. The design of this study was same subject pretest posttest group design. The psychological condition was measured through Perceived Stress Scale which consisted of 10 question. After that they were treated with knowledge of stress coping, day to day hygienic life, social distancing, better food choice, different types of physical exercise, online teaching and learning.One month later, the teachers took the Perceived Stress Scaleonce again. Data analysis showed that normality test of pretest p=.107 and posttest p=.179, so parametric statistics could be applied. Paired sample T test showed p=.036