Arbetsrelaterad stress - Ett hot mot läraryrket: Upplevelsen av stress hos lärare kopplat till krav, kontroll och socialt stöd
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [sv]
Studiens syfte var att undersöka om faktorerna krav, kontroll och socialt stöd kunde predicera upplevd stress i arbetet hos lärare, samt om det fanns någon skillnad i upplevelsen av stress i arbetet mellan förskollärare och grundskollärare. Studiengenomfördes vid en organisation inom Gävleborgs län och datan samlades in via en digital enkät. Vid analys av datan genomfördes sedan en multipel regressionsanalys.Resultatet visade att prediktorerna krav och socialt stöd i arbetet samt yrke signifikant kunde predicera upplevd stress hos lärare. Resultatet visade även att det fanns en skillnad mellan yrkesgrupperna i upplevd stress, denna var dock av mindre storlek. Krav, kontroll och socialt stöd har påvisats ha effekt på upplevd stress i arbetet genom tidigare forskning vilket denna studies resultat delvis bekräftar. För organisationen där studien genomfördes bör det anses positivt att ingen större skillnad förelåg mellan yrkena, dock har denna studie inte undersökt om yrkesgrupperna kunde anses vara stressade.
Abstract [en]
The study’s purpose was to investigate whether the factors demand, control and social support could predict perceived stress at work by teachers, and whether there was any difference in the experience of stress between preschool and primary school teachers. The study was conducted at an organization within Gävleborg. The data was collected via a digital survey and analyzed by a multiple regression. The results showed that demands, social support and profession significantly could predict perceived stress in teachers. The results also showed that there was a difference between the professions, which was smaller in size. Previous research has shown that demands, control and social supports have an effect on perceived stress at work, which this study partly confirm. For the current organization it should be considered positive that there was no major difference between the professions. Although this study has not investigated whether the professions can be considered stressed.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 21
Keywords [en]
Work-related stress, demands, control, social support, teachers
Keywords [sv]
Arbetsrelaterad stress, krav, kontroll, socialt stöd, lärare
National Category
Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-39082OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-39082DiVA, id: diva2:1671516
Subject / course
Psychology
Educational program
Human resources and labour relations
Supervisors
Examiners
2022-06-202022-06-172022-06-20Bibliographically approved