Investigating the relationship between job role and job stress of children's teachers with special needs

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD Student of Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabour Branch, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Sabzevari Hakim University, Sabzevar, Iran

3 Master of Science in Psychology

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between job role and job stress of children's teachers with special needs. The research method was descriptive correlational and the statistical population of this study was 1200 people, of which 291 teachers were selected using stratified random sampling. Data were collected using Philip Rice's (1992) questionnaire and Spio's (1987) questionnaire. Pearson correlation coefficient, regression analysis, one-factor and independent t-analysis of variance were used to analyze the data. Based on the results obtained,  there is a relationship between job roles (workload, inadequacy, role duality, role range, Responsibility and the physical environment) and job stress (interpersonal relationships, physical condition, and job interests) of children's teachers with special needs. According to other research findings, there was no significant difference between the job role and job stress of children's teachers with special needs in terms of work experience, degree and gender. Job stress is a problem in all jobs, but it has a special meaning in relation to the job of a teacher, because a teacher, in addition to the issues and problems that are raised in all people, also faces some issues and problems that are only due to his job.

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