Teachers’ Job Stress Scale (Tjss): Construction And Validation

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of job stress of secondary school teachers’ absenteeism in Chennai and Kanchipuram Districts. The sample was 100 teachers from 20 secondary schools. The simple random sampling technique was used that is, where the respondents who were randomly taken teachers who were working in the secondary school level. The data was collected by distributing questionnaires using a 5-point Likert scale to measure 37 statements. Consequently, the responses were subjected to critical ratio analysis of ‘t’ test and the final form of the job stress scale was consisted of 35 statements. Therefore, the investigators believed that the 35 statements in the scale were meaningful and reflect the job stress of the secondary school teachers and it would be helpful to measure the level of their job stress level.