Relationship between perceived occupational stress and psychological well-being among secondary school heads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Suleman, Qaiser; Hussain, Ishtiaq; Shehzad, Saqib; Syed, Makhdoom Ali; Raja, Sadaf Ayub

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208143

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“…The scale has 12 subscales that measure role overload (6 items), Role ambiguity (4 items), role conflict (5 items), unreasonable group and political pressure (4 items), responsibility for persons (3 items), under-participation (4 items), powerlessness (3 items), poor peer relations (4 items), intrinsic impoverishment (4 items), low status (3 items), strenuous working condition (4 items) and unprofitability (2 items). Suleman, Hussain, Shehzad, Syed, and Raja [ 51 ] found a reliability coefficient of 0.937 and 0.90 for OSI, using a split-half (odd-even) strategy and Cronbach Alpha respectively. Furthermore, for the purpose of this, we found a reliability index of 0,91 for the scale in Nigeria using Cronbach Alpha.…”

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“…We adopted the ABCDE model in explaining the relationships existing between activating (A) events associated with teaching children with ASD, dysfunctional thoughts, beliefs or cognitions arising from those events (B); the emotional and behavioural consequences of the beliefs (C). [ 51 , 52 ] Based on the foregoing, an activating event (A) in the context of the present study could be a challenging situation associated with either teaching and handling behavioural problems of CWA, teachers’ personal experiences, or work experiences; the belief (B) is the interpretation and cognitive imagery formed due to “A”. Such cognition about the event (B) elicits a consequence/effect (C) for the teacher, which may be adaptive or maladaptive.…”

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“…Then, disputation techniques (D) are used to eliminate the maladaptive, dysfunctional and self-limiting beliefs and cognitions. [ 51 , 52 ] Disputation may involve challenging and comparing the maladaptive thoughts with more adaptive ones. According to Ellis [ 34 , 36 ] the best way to counter irrational beliefs is by considering realistic and logical ones.…”

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Managing job stress in teachers of children with autism

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Background/Objective: Teaching has been found to be 1 of the most stressful occupations worldwide. Stress associated with teaching is more critical among teachers teaching children with special needs in general and those with autism specifically, partly due to the heterogeneous nature of the disorders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Occupational Health Coaching (REOHC) in minimizing job stress in teachers of children with autism (CWA). Methods: A group-randomized waitlist control-trial design was adopted. A sample of 87 teachers of CWA who participated in the study was randomized into the immediate intervention group (IIG) and waitlist group (WLG). Participants were evaluated on 3 occasions: pretest, post-test and follow-up. Three instruments (Occupational Stress Index, Perceived Occupational Stress Scale and Stress Symptom Scale) were used to measure dimensions of job stress. After the pretest exercise, the IIG participated in a 2-hour REOHC programme weekly for a period of 12 weeks. Post- and follow-up evaluations were conducted respectively at 2 weeks and 3 months after the REOHC programme. Those in WLG were exposed to the REOHC after the follow-up assessment. Data collected were analysed using t -test statistics, repeated measures analysis of variance and bar charts. Results: Results revealed that the perceived stress and stress symptoms of the REOHC group reduced significantly over WLG at post-test, and follow-up assessments. Changes in the occupational stress index scores across pre-, post- and follow-up measurements were minimal and could not account for a significant difference between the IIG and WLG. Conclusion: It was concluded that REOHC is effective in reducing subjective feelings and physiological symptoms of job stress, even when the objective stressors remain constant among teachers of CWA and other employees who work in stressful occupational environments.

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“…Empirical studies demonstrated that occupational stress is a significant predictor of anxiety [29][30][31]. Furthermore, it inversely correlated with psychological well-being [32] and positively associated with depressive symptoms [13,33]. Nakao [34] recognized that occupational stress is a meaningful cause for mental health all over the world.…”

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Occupational Stress and Employees Complete Mental Health: A Cross-Cultural Empirical Study

Fortes

Tian

Huebner

2020

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Given the shortcomings of previous research on occupational stress and mental health (e.g., predominantly in Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic (WEIRD) societies, based on the traditional mental health model and a lack of comparative studies), this study aimed to (a) examine the relationship between occupational stress and complete mental health among employees in Cabo Verde and China, and also explored the mediation and moderation roles of burnout and optimism in accounting for the empirical link. Mental health was defined as comprised of two distinguishable factors: positive and negative mental health. The Pearson correlation test, structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis, bootstrap analysis, hierarchical moderated regression and an independent t-test were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that, in both countries, occupational stress showed a negative relation to positive mental health and lower psychopathology symptoms—and job burnout mediated the relation between occupational stress and mental health. Optimism moderated the relation between occupational stress and burnout, but not the relation between occupational stress and complete mental health. The results are interpreted in light of the comparative framework.

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“…When employees perceive certain situations positively, it enhances their PWB and vice versa. Studies described that psychological wellbeing has a negative association with negative emotions that occurs due to a negative work environment or condition [133]. When employees perceive workplace events negatively, they experience anxiety, depression, and unpleasant emotions that, as a consequence, harm their psychological wellbeing.…”

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How perceived organizational politics cause work-to-family conflict? Scoping and systematic review of literature

Fiaz

Qureshi

2021

Futur Bus J

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Work–family conflict is a subject of interest for researchers in the field of organizational behavior for decades because of its negative impact on an individual’s life. The existing literature identified that workplace stressors contribute to work–family conflict and Perceived Organizational Politics emerged as an aversive workplace stressor. From empirical pieces of evidence, it is observed that perceived organizational politics and work–family conflict are indirectly associated with each other, and their impact on employees is unavoidable. To explore this uncovered relationship, at first, this study used a keywords co-occurrence network mapping approach and found that perceived organizational politics and work–family conflict are associated with each through various workplace variables. Further, with the help of a scoping review identify those specific variables, and, lastly, a systematic review approach used to identify a mechanism of how these identified variables form an association between perceived organizational politics and work–family conflict. Based on the findings of the systematic review, this study proposed a conceptual framework that extends the existing literature by providing new insight into concepts of perceived organizational politics by linking it with work–family conflict. This study introduced a novel way to develop a conceptual framework by linking three distinct approaches of research. In the last, this study proposed recommendations for future research.

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Relationship between perceived occupational stress and psychological well-being among secondary school heads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Cited by 59 publications

References 36 publications

Managing job stress in teachers of children with autism

Managing job stress in teachers of children with autism

Occupational Stress and Employees Complete Mental Health: A Cross-Cultural Empirical Study

How perceived organizational politics cause work-to-family conflict? Scoping and systematic review of literature

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