Examining Primary School Teachers’ Coping Styles with Stress According to Different Variables

Year 2015, Volume: 5 Issue: 1 - Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 1 - 14, 14.07.2016

Ali Çağatay Kılınç Ergün Recepoğlu Serkan Koşar

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.

Keywords

Primary school, teacher, coping with stress, demographic variable

İlköğretim Kurumu Öğretmenlerinin Stresle Başa Çıkma Tarzlarının Çeşitli Değişkenler Açısından İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu araştırma, ilköğretim kurumu öğretmenlerinin stresle başa çıkma tarzlarının cinsiyet, branş, yaş ve toplam mesleki kıdem gibi demografik değişkenler açısından incelenmesini amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmaya Ankara ilinde bulunan 14 ilköğretim kurumunda görevli toplam 368 öğretmen katılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin toplanmasında "Stresle Başa Çıkma Ölçeği" kullanılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin analizinde bağımsız gruplar için t-testi ve tek yönlü ANOVA kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları öğretmenlerin kendine güvenli ve iyimser başa çıkma tarzlarını diğerlerine göre daha fazla kullandıklarını göstermektedir. Bununla birlikte araştırma sonuçları, öğretmenlerin stresle başa çıkma tarzlarına ilişkin algılarının kendine güvenli tarz boyutunda cinsiyet değişkenine göre, iyimser tarz boyutunda yaş ve mesleki kıdem değişkenlerine göre anlamlı bir biçimde farklılaştığını göstermektedir.

Keywords

İlköğretim kurumu, öğretmen, stresle başa çıkma, demografik değişken

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