Stress Management Strategies among Private Schools Teachers of Tokha Municipality Kathmandu

Introduction: Stress occurs when perceived demands on people out weighttheir expectations resulting to numerous psychological problems. Stress canalso hinder a teacher’s performance in the classroom and deteriorate therelationship between them and their students. Methods: Using descriptive cross-sectional study design, 100 teachers fromfive different private schools were enrolled through enumerative samplingtechnique in the study. Data was collected within 2 weeks after receivingapproval from Institutional Review Committee (IRC) of Yeti Health ScienceAcademy (YHSA). The descriptive and inferential statistical test were used foranalysis. The research was conducted by using Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) andCoping Scale. Results: The study revealed that 54% of respondents had high level of stresswhere maximum stress management strategies used by the respondents wasthey tried to see positive side of the situation with Mean 3.33±0.829 (52%). Thestudy revealed that maximum 54% of respondents had high level of stressmanagement strategies. Conclusion: The study revealed that majority of respondents had high levelof stress where maximum respondents tried to see positive side of situation asstress management strategies. As teachers are the valuable source whosepsychological wellbeing can affect the academic outcomes and wellbeingof students under their supervision, various interventions such as; educationon stress management strategies should be provided including the benefit ofsuch strategies on psychological and physical wellbeing of both teachers andstudents.