Home⇛The Rizalian Researcher⇛vol. 9 no. 1 (2022)

PANDEMIC INDUCED STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES OF TEACHERS IN MABINI DISTRICT, DAVAO DE ORO

Brenda S. Samson | Marciano B. Melchor

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to determine the pandemic-induced stress as well as the coping strategies of the teachers in the Mabini District, Davao de Oro, as a way of awareness to sustain the quality teaching in this new normal education. The researcher employed the non-experimental quantitative design utilizing the descriptive method of research by which the main tool was the standardized survey questionnaire. The respondents of this study were the elementary teachers of Mabini District, Davao de Oro, who have been at least in the service for three years now and were greatly affected by the pandemic, especially in this new normal education. In selecting the respondents, the researcher identified the 130 total population of teachers by the use of pure random sampling. The findings reveal that the pandemic-induced stress in terms of rewards and recognition, time constraint, departmental influence, professional identity, and student interaction are oftentimes observed and is equivalently described as extensive. With regards to the extent of the coping strategies of teachers in terms of planning, acceptance, positive reinterpretation and growth and seeking social support is oftentimes observed and is equivalently described as extensive. There is a significant relationship between pandemic-induced stresses to the coping strategies of teachers. The pandemic-induced stress suggests that it highlights a strong connection between the coping strategies of the teachers. Hence, it implies that pandemic induced stress is significantly related to the coping strategies of teachers.



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