Authors : Bashir M.
Page Nos : 187-190
Description :
The present study was undertaken to measure and compare the Personality and Job stress of
Physical education teachers and other subject teachers working in the various secondary schools of
Jammu and Kashmir State, 120 te
achers were selected from the districts of Jammu & Kashmir State, in
which 60 were Physical education teachers and other 60 were other subject teachers. Physical education
teachers reported higher stress levels Unreasonable group and Political Pressure, St
renuous work
condition and Low Status as compare to other subject teachers. While other subject teachers reported
higher stress levels in Role over Load, Role Conflict, Powerlessness, Intrinsic Impoverishment,
Unprofitability, Role Ambiguity, Responsibilit
y for Persons, Poor Peer Relations and Under Participation
as compare Physical Education teachers. Finally Researcher concluded that in physical education
teachers Group the factors like Unreasonable group and Political Pressure, Strenuous work condition a
nd
Low Status were the main sources of Stress. While in other subject teachers group the highest stressors
were the factors like Role over Load, Role Conflict, Powerlessness, Intrinsic Impoverishment,
Unprofitability, and Role Ambiguity, Responsibility for
Persons, Poor Peer Relations and Under
Participation. In the present study, we observed that P.E.T. got good results in personality factors
agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Openness as compared to other subject teachers, and other
subject teachers got
good results in personality factors Extroversion and Neuroticism. Finally, Researcher
concluded that physical education teachers were more reserved, less energetic, more friendly, cooperative,
methodical, more relaxed and imaginative. On the other hand ot
her subject teachers were more energetic
more aggressive, less cooperative, less careful, and emotional.
