Examining primary school teachers' coping styles with stress according to different variables

Authors

  • Ali Çağatay Kılınç Karabük University
  • Ergün Recepoğlu Kastamonu University
  • Serkan Koşar Gazi University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14527/pegegog.2015.001

Abstract

The study seeks to explore primary school teachers' coping styles with stress according to such different variables as gender, branch, age, and total teaching experience. A total of 368 teachers employed in 14 primary schools in Ankara participated in the study. "Scale of Coping with Stress" was used to gather data. Independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA were performed to analyze the data. The results revealed that teachers used self-confident and optimistic coping styles more than others. Results also indicated that teachers' perceptions of coping styles differed significantly on self-confident subscale according to gender variable and that their perceptions differed significantly on optimistic coping style according to both age and total teaching experience variables.

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Published

2015-03-01

How to Cite

Kılınç, A. Çağatay, Recepoğlu, E., & Koşar, S. (2015). Examining primary school teachers’ coping styles with stress according to different variables. Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 5(1), 01–14. https://doi.org/10.14527/pegegog.2015.001