Prevalence of Job-Related Stress among Secondary School Teachers in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State

The research investigated the prevalence of job-related stress among secondary school teachers in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. This study employed a descriptive survey approach. The investigation was directed by two enquiries and two null hypotheses. The research population comprised 1,250 teachers from Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State, with a sample size of 303 respondents determined using the Taro Yamene formula. The data collection instrument was a self-constructed 10-item questionnaire entitled “Teachers Stress Inventory” (TSI), designed on a Likert scale to gather information from respondents selected via stratified random sampling. The collected data underwent statistical analysis employing simple percentage, weighted mean (x), and standard deviation to address the research questions, while an independent t-test was utilised to evaluate the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The analysis revealed that the stress levels of male and female teachers were compared, and the differences observed in their overall stress levels were not significant. Additionally, the stress levels based on the marital status of teachers showed no significant differences. The study revealed that gender and marital status are significant factors. The report advises implementing steps to alleviate teachers’ workloads, which may include restricting extra non-teaching responsibilities and hiring more teaching personnel.