A Study on Job Stress and Coping Strategies of the Staffof Student Affairs Division of Junior High School in Taipei City

• Main Authors: Wen-Hung Liu, 劉文鴻
• Other Authors: Kuo-Shih Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16827680442131581477

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士在職專班 === 98 === The purpose of this thesis is, on one hand, to examine the current status of job stress and coping strategies among the staff of student affairs division at Taipei municipal junior high schools and, on the other hand, to compare the differences in job stress and coping strategies among the staff with different background variables. Adopting a questionnaire method based on “The Questionnaire on the Staff of Student Affairs Division at Taipei Municipal Junior High Schools,” this research, conducted among the aforesaid student affairs division staff with 202 valid questionnaires returned, involves a comprehensive data analysis using averages, standard deviations, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA (Analysis of Variance), Pearson cross-product correlation, etc. The findings of this research are as follows: 1.The level of job stress, as a whole, among the staff of student affairs division at Taipei municipal junior high schools is found to be “middle.” With regard to job stress, working load is ranked top one among five variables in the category, followed in turn by pressure from superiors, parent problems, role expectations, and interpersonal relationships. 2.The use of coping strategies associated with job stress among the staff of student affairs division at Taipei municipal junior high schools is found to be “middle-level”. The coping strategies used most commonly is positive coping, followed in turn by rational thinking, analytical solution, emotion regulation, and assistance-seeking. 3.No significant perceptive difference is found in job stress among the whole staff with different background variables. 4.The use of coping strategies in association with job stress is found to be greater among the married staff than among those unmarried in the aspects of analytical solution, rational thinking, emotion regulation, and positive coping, but is less in the aspect of assistance-seeking. 5.No significant difference is found in the use of coping strategies among the whole staff with different background variables.