Impact of Predisposing Factors on Academic Stress among Pre-Service Teachers
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 10
Abstract
Background: Many studies have been done on stress among educators. Teachers, lecturers, and tutors all over the world has been brought into attention when it comes to stress related issues. Our purpose was to investigate the level of academic stress among pre-service teachers in a teaching education institution in Perak, Malaysia. Methods: In this study a cross-sectional comparative survey study was conducted on pre-service teachers from a teacher education institution. The variables that was tested and correlated throughout the study are age, gender, and marital status, and medical history, influence of medications, exercise and social lifestyle. Data was collected through questionnaires to fnd out the outcome. Descriptive data analysis was used to describe the socio-demographic data. Correlation analysis was used to determine the signifcant relation between the variables. P<0.05 was considered as signifcant of the study. Results: Majority of the students, 78.4% represent the severe category of distress according to the Kessler scale. The remaining 13.6% were recorded as being under mild and 7.6% (n=19) under moderate category of distress. Regrettably, less than 1% (n=1) of the pre-service teachers were from the well category. Exercise was found to be signifcantly associated with the prevalence of severe psychological distress. Simple logistic regressions showed that pre-service teachers who exercised had a signifcant 91% reduced risk for psychological distress (OR=0.09; 95% CI=0.02, 0.35) compared to those who doesn’t exercise. Conclusion: At the end of this study, a better understanding on the predisposing factors of academic stress among pre-service teachers was determined and therefore interventions on coping with stress can be made simple. Various physiotherapy interventions on preventive and corrective measures were suggested with reference to the results.
Authors and Affiliations
Pershaanbala Balakrishnan| Masters in Physiotherapy Scholar, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, KPJ University College, Kota Seriemas, Nilai, Malaysia, Syah Bahari| Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, KPJ University College, Kota Seriemas, Nilai, Malaysia, Jibi Paul| Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, KPJ University College, Kota Seriemas, Nilai, Malaysia, Corresponding e-mail: jibipaul74@gmail.com
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