STRESS IN SCHOOL TEACHERS; EFFECT OF FAMILY SYSTEM ON SELF-EFFICACY AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS.

OBJECTIVE To identify the level of stress and perceived self-efficacy among teachers and to know the relationship between perceived self-efficacy and stress among teachers.. STUDY DESIGN Correlational Study PLACE AND DURATION OF THE STUDY Department of Psychiatry DHQ Teaching Hospital Sargodha during, SUBJECTS AND METHODS A sample of 150 school teachers (75 male and 75 female) was drawn from different schools of Sargodha city. RESULTS Linear regression analysis results shows that occupational stress (β = -.432, p < .001) is significant negative indicator of self-efficacy. Pearson co-relation findings indicated that self-efficacy has significant negative relation with occupational stress (r = -.432, p< 001). This also showed that self-efficacy and occupational has satisfactory internal consistency. The result of study indicated that family system has effect on self-efficacy and self-efficacy has significant negative relation with occupational stress, whereas occupational stress is significant negative indicator of self-efficacy.CONCLUSION Self-efficacy predicted and had significant negative correlation with occupational stress. Teachers belonging to the nuclear family scored higher on self efficacy than teachers living in joint families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]