Stress in teaching: A study of occupational stress and its determinants among Italian schoolteachers

Stress and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-241

  Zurlo, Maria Clelia ^a   Pes, Daniela ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Job satisfaction; Stress; Teacher Stress Questionnaire; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TEACHER; TEACHING; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 35348917279     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1141     Document Type: Article

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