Occupational stress and its relationship to mental health among teacher (a field study on a sample of primary school teachers)

Abstract

This study examined occupational stress and its relationship to mental health among teachers—a field study conducted on a sample of elementary school teachers.
We achieved this through the following:
- Examining the relationship between occupational stress and mental health among elementary school teachers.
- Examining differences in occupational stress by gender among elementary school teachers.
- Examining differences in mental health by age among elementary school teachers.
The study targeted a sample of 40 teachers in the province of Relizane, including 9 males and 31 females. The study revealed the following results:
There is a statistically significant inverse correlation between occupational stress and mental health among primary school teachers.
There are no statistically significant differences in occupational stress when controlling for gender among primary school teachers.
There are no statistically significant differences in mental health when controlling for age among primary school teachers.