Stress and Coping of Singapore Teachers: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis

Abstract Based on in-depth interviews with 20 teachers in Singapore and a subsequent survey of 316 teachers, this essay analyses the sources of teachers' work stress and ways of coping. We propose to conceptualize stress and coping as different but related phases of human adaptation. Stress is...

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Published in:Journal of developing societies 2000-09, Vol.16 (2), p.181-200
Main Authors: Ko, Yiu-Chung, Chan, Kwok-Bun, Lai, Gina, Boey, Kam-Weng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coping
Coping strategies
Occupational Stress
Qualitative analysis
Schools
Singapore
Teachers
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Summary:Abstract Based on in-depth interviews with 20 teachers in Singapore and a subsequent survey of 316 teachers, this essay analyses the sources of teachers' work stress and ways of coping. We propose to conceptualize stress and coping as different but related phases of human adaptation. Stress is constituted by threats to what is ultimately valuable to a person as a self in that it hinders and obstructs the consummation or completion of behaviour. Coping requires not only direct action of problem-solving but also pilliative action, which entails finding a perspective from which to re-affirm self as a person. This perspective usually evolves out of intimate and personalized social relations.
ISSN:0169-796X
1745-2546
1568-5225
DOI:10.1163/156852200512049