Work-related stress, quality of life, and coping mechanism among lecturers in a Tertiary Educational Institution in Anambra State, Nigeria

Work-related stress (WRS) is a highly prevalent and pervasive problem that can result in loss of productivity and deterioration of a lecturer's health. Lecturing work requires coping with some of the stressful situations found in any workplace to have a favourable quality of work life. The stud...

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Published in:BMC Psychology 2023-03, Vol.11 (1), p.73-73, Article 73
Main Authors: Chukwuemeka, Uchechukwu Martha, Okonkwo, Uchenna Prosper, Njoku, Chibuike Jefferen, Igwe, Sylvester Emeka, Oyewumi, Taiwo Joseph, Ugwuanyi, Daniel Chimmuanya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
College teachers
Coping
Coping (Psychology)
Coping mechanism
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Developing countries
Employees
Female
Humans
Job stress
LDCs
Lecturers
Male
Nigeria
Occupational Stress
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Stress
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teaching
Tertiary Institution
Work-related stress
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Summary:Work-related stress (WRS) is a highly prevalent and pervasive problem that can result in loss of productivity and deterioration of a lecturer's health. Lecturing work requires coping with some of the stressful situations found in any workplace to have a favourable quality of work life. The study determined the influence of sex, years of teaching experience, and academic rank on work-related stress, coping mechanisms, and quality of work life among lecturers at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU). This was a cross-sectional survey involving 283 lecturers consecutively recruited from NAU after proportionate randomization of the lecturers in 101 departments. The Health and Safety Executive Work Related stress (HSE-WRS), Work-Related Quality of life (WRQL), and Brief-cope Questionnaires (BCQ) were applied to assess the participant's work-related stress, quality of work life, and coping mechanism (CM) respectively. Data were analyzed using Kruskal Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests at a 0.05 level of significance. Sex, years of teaching experience, and academic rank had statistically significant influence on 14 subsets of coping mechanism with p-values
ISSN:2050-7283
2050-7283
DOI:10.1186/s40359-023-01114-5