Teo Woon Chun, Melor Md Yunus
Factors affecting Malaysian ESL teachers' behavioral intentions for technology use in the post-COVID-19 era
Frontiers in psychology
occupational stress os psychological state results peoples perceptions imbalance job demands abilities cope demands covid19 pandemic disrupted teaching learning process compounded stress level among teachers due fear transmission virus school closures difficulty adherence covod19 prevention protocol survey study therefore aimed investigate prevalence occupational stress associated factors among primary school teachers second wave covid19 western ethiopia institutionbased crosssectional survey employed april may 2021 survey conducted gimbi town among 672 primary school teachers western ethiopia standardized teacher occupational stress scale used measure occupational stress past 4 months data collected selfadministered questionnaire collected data entered epidata version 46 analyzed using stata version 14 software multivariable logistic regression analysis conducted identify factors associated occupational stress statistical significance considered value p 005 95 confidence interval ci adjusted odds ratio aor evaluate strength associations response rate 968 n 651 majority 389 598 study participants males mean sd age 358 93 years prevalence occupational stress second wave covid19 past 4 months 501 n 326 95 ci 461 539 job dissatisfaction aor 206 95 ci 143297 highrisk perception covid19 infection aor 220 95 ci 146331 significantly associated occupational stress survey disclosed high prevalence occupational stress among primary school teachers second wave covid19 job dissatisfaction highrisk perception covid19 infection significant predictors occurrence occupational stress school teachers enhancing stress management skills focusing primary prevention identified risk factors advised curtail condition