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Pracovní stres a jeho zvládání u učitelů středních odborných škol / Occupational stress and coping strategies among vocational school teachers

This diploma thesis focuses on the issues of occupational stress among vocational schools' teachers. The theoretical part of the thesis introduces the discipline of occupational health psychology, presents current definitions and theories of occupational stress, and then focuses on the concepts of coping and coping strategies. Next, the specificity of teachers 'occupation at vocational schools is discussed and a summary of existing research findings concerning teachers' stress, and especially vocational teachers' stress is presented. The empirical part of the thesis had two main research aims. The first aim was to examine the extent to with vocational school teachers experienced occupational stress and to identify main stressors at their workplaces. The second aim was to identify coping strategies and to explore whether these strategies were effective. The data were collected using a questionnaire which was distributed among teachers in three vocational schools. The results showed that more than half of the respondents experienced stress and that main predictors of stress were work-family conflict and job insecurity. Both effective and ineffective coping strategies were identified. Key words: stress, occupational stress, vocational schools, teacher, coping, coping strategies

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:451976
Date January 2021
CreatorsSlaninová, Miroslava
ContributorsZábrodská, Kateřina, Kasíková, Hana
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageCzech
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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