Validating Measures of Teacher Stress
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1982
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312019003373
Abstract
This paper reports the results of a known groups-validation study of several measures of teacher stress. Role-related stress, task-based stress, and environmental stress comprised the stress measures. Groups of teachers in high schools and junior-high schools were selected on an a priori basis using administrative records of reported student discipline as the criterion. These teacher groups were then given a pencil-and-paper measure containing the three major stress variables and additional stress-related variables. Four research questions were addressed: the internal consistency of the teacher stress measures, the structural reliability of the measures, the predictive validity of the measures, and the construct validity of the measures of teacher stress. Other heuristic findings regarding the teacher stress phenomenon are discussed, and substantive directions for future research are outlined.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
American Educational Research Journal, v. 19, issue 3, p. 373-396
Scholar Commons Citation
Pettegrew, Loyd S. and Wolf, Glenda E., "Validating Measures of Teacher Stress" (1982). Communication Faculty Publications. 669.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/669
