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school teaching regarded one stressful professions worldwide maintain schoolteachers mental health factors influencing occupational stress among schoolteachers must clarified study aimed investigate public school teachers workrelated stress considering differences school types using data largescale nationwide survey conducted prolonged coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemic japan data nationwide survey public school teachers performed june 2019 december 2022 analyzed dataset consisted repeated crosssectional data total number participants 270777 2019 296599 2020 299237 2021 307866 2022 information working hours job demands workplace support stress response perceived main stressors assessed type public school regardless school type quantitative workload long working hours significant factors affecting teachers stress responses however stressrelated factors among teachers varied significantly school types percentage junior high school teachers perceived extracurricular club activities main stressor highest among school types highest proportion elementary school teachers perceived dealing difficult students main stressor meanwhile interpersonal conflict scores highest among special needs school teachers teachers workload stress levels significantly increased third year covid19 pandemic 2022 compared prepandemic year 2019 school types despite marginally small score differences study highlighted importance reducing teachers workload mental health regardless school types meanwhile perceived workrelated stress among teachers differed significantly school types given possible prolonged impacts pandemic teachers occupational stress teachers stress levels must monitored throughout pandemic results suggest increasing number schoolteachers support staff providing adequate organizational support necessary prevent teachers sick leave due mental disorders addition taking comprehensive countermeasures teachers occupational stress considering differences school types crucial safeguarding schoolteachers mental health