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Job Identity and Job Stress on Elementary School Health Teachers

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Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2010;21(3):341-350
Publication date (electronic) : 2014 April 04
doi : https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.3.341
Jina Oh1, Jin Ok Kwon2
1Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Inje University · Institute for Health Science Research, Korea.
2Health Teacher, Yangun Elementary School, Korea.
Address reprint requests to: Oh, Jina, Department of Nursing, Inje University, Gaegum 2-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Korea. Tel: 82-51-890-6833, Fax: 82-51-896-9840, ohJina@inJe.ac.kr
Received 2010 August 17; Revised 2010 September 16; Accepted 2010 September 17.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to contribute to enhancing elementary school health teachers professional job performance by analyzing their job identity and job stress.

Methods

The participants were 138 elementary school health teachers registered at the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education, and the survey was conducted from the 22nd to 23rd of July, 2010. The collected data were analyzed by percentile, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression using the SPSS/WIN 17.0 program.

Results

The average percentiles of job identity and job stress were 70.6 and 64.0 respectively. Among the sub-factors of job identity, autonomy was highest as 73.5, and among the sub-factors of job stress, job demand was highest as 73.9. There were significant differences in the degree of job identity and job stress according to education status, the number of classes, job satisfaction, enthusiasm for work, and the image of nursing teachers expressed in a word. The regression model explained 21.2% of the variance of job identity. job stress explained 32.0% of the variance.

Conclusion

It is important to develop various comprehensive programs for improving job identity and managing job stress. In addition, it is necessary to provide support systems including persons, promotion and rewards to school health teachers.

Keywords: School health; Occupation; Social identification; Psychological stress

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Table 1

Job Identity and Job Stress according to Subcategories (N=138)

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Table 2

Job Identity and Job Stress according to General Characteristics (N=138)

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†The result of two sample t-test.

Table 3

Correlation of Job Identity, Job Stress and Related Variables (N=138)

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Table 4

Influencing Factors on Job Identity and Job Stress (N=138)

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