Part I.
Work-Related Stress
The following are a number teacher concerns taken from the “Teachers’ Stress
Inventory” Please identify those factors which cause you stress in your present position. Read
each statement carefully and decide if you ever feel this way about your job. Then, indicate how
noticeable the feeling is when you experience it by ticking the appropriate rating on the 5-point
scale.
Refer to the rating scale below and its description:
5- Extremely felt 2- Rarely felt
4- Very felt 1- Not felt
4- Sometimes felt
TIME MANAGEMENT 5 4 3 2 1
As a teacher…
1. I over-commit myself to the tasks in school.
2. I am patient if others do things too slowly.
3. I have enough time to relax/enjoy the time of day.
4. I use my time efficiently.
5. There is enough time to get things done.
PROFESSIONAL DISTRESS
As a teacher…
1. I get timely promotion and advancement that I
deserve.
2. I am progressing my job as rapidly as I would like.
3. I receive appropriate respect on my job.
4. I receive an adequate salary for the work I do.
5. I receive appropriate recognition for the extra work
and/or good teaching I do.
DISCIPLINE AND MOTIVATION
As a teacher I feel that…
1. Discipline is not a problem in my classroom.
2. I am duty-bound to monitor my pupils’ behavior.
3. I can influence my students to do better.
4. Teaching students who are poorly
Motivated gives me sheer enjoyment.
5. My authority is respected by my pupils.
PROFESSIONAL INVESTMENT
As a teacher…
1. My personal opinions are sufficiently aired
2. I have control over the decisions I made about
classroom/school matters.
3.I am emotionally stimulated in the job.
4. I am intellectually stimulated
on the job.
5. I have sufficient opportunities for professional
improvement.
Part II. Coping Strategies of Teachers
The items below will attempt to measure the manifestation of the coping strategies
based on the “COPE Inventory”. Respond to each of the following items by ticking the
appropriate scale. Please try to respond to each item separately in your mind from each other
item. Choose your answers thoughtfully, and make your answers as true FOR YOU as you can.
Please answer every item.
Use the description of the scale below as your basis.
5-Always 2- Rarely
4- Very frequently 1- Never
3- Occasionally
PROBLEM-FOCUSED COPING 5 4 3 2 1
1. I concentrate my efforts on doing something
about it
2. I take additional action to try to get rid of a
problem.
3. I do what has to be done, one step at a time.
4. I make a plan of action to solve the problems that
I encounter.
5. I try to come up with a strategy every time there is
a project or activity.
6. I think about how I might best handle a problem.
7. I keep myself from getting distracted by other
thoughts or activities.
8. I try hard to prevent other things from interfering
with my efforts at dealing with this.
9. I put aside other activities in order to concentrate
the current one.
10. I hold off doing anything about it until the situation
permits.
11. I make sure not to make matters worse by acting
too soon.
12. I force myself to wait for the right time to do
something.
13. I ask people who have had similar experiences
what they did.
EMOTION-FOCUSED COPING
1. I discuss my feelings with someone.
2. I try to get emotional support from friends or
relatives
3. I get sympathy and understanding from someone.
4. I try to grow as a person as a result of the
experience.
5. I look for something good in what is happening.
6. I learn something from the experience.
7. I accept the reality of the fact that it happened.
8. I seek God's help.
9. I make fun of the situation.
DYSFUNCTIONAL COPING
1. I get upset and let my emotions out.
2. I feel a lot of emotional distress and I find myself
expressing those feelings a lot.
3. I admit to myself that I can't deal with it, and quit
trying.
4. I turn to work or other substitute activities to take
my mind off things.
5. I go to movies or watch TV, to think about it less.
6. I use alcohol or drugs to make myself feel better.
7. I use alcohol or drugs to help me get through it.
8. I say to myself "this isn't real."
9. I act as though it hasn't even happened
