MENTAL HEALTH OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH RESPECT TO LOCALITY AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS

The aim of the present study was to know the mental health of secondary school teachers with respect to locality and occupational stress. In this investigation descriptive research under survey technique was used. The data were gathered from the five districts of Himachal Pradesh i.e. Mandi, Kullu, Hamirpur, Bilaspur and Shimla. A total of by 790 secondary school teachers comprised for the study. The data were collected with the help of self administered tool i.e. mental health scale and occupational stress scale. The collected data were analyzed using the statistical method of analysis of variance (Two-way). Results of the study revealed that there exist no significant locality-wise differences among secondary school teachers with regard to their mental health. Therefore, it may be interpreted that possessed nearly similar level of mental health. It was found that secondary school teachers possessing different level of occupational stress did not differ significantly from each other with regard to their mental health. Further, it was also indicated that locality and occupational stress taken together did not affect the mental health of secondary school teachers. The educational implications have been discussed at the end of the paper.