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Sumita Chahal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Common trends in modem work life include global competition and organizational changes. Such trends and many other characteristics of modem work may increase stress and influence the well-being of employees. The current study examined effects of stress and automatic thoughts on job demand, job control and job support. The participants were 100 female government school teachers from district Hisar, Haiyana. Self-admmistered questionnaires were distributed to teachers. The questionnaires asked about perceived stress, automatic negative thoughts, job demands, job control and job support at work. Pearson' Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze the results. The findings indicated that there was no significant relation m perceived stress and any component of job i.e. job demand, job control andjob support. There was significant negative relation in automatic negative thoughts and job support.The results are discussed empirical research support.

Keywords

Stress, Automatic Negative Thought, Job Demand, Job Control Andjob Support, School Teachers.

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Sumita Chahal ¹, Anita Yadav ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, IN
2 Patanjali University, Haridawar, UK, IN

Abstract

The current study examined teacher's job depression in relation to worry, job demand, job control and job support. The participants were 100 male teachers from district Hisar. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to teachers. The questionnaires asked about depression, worry, job demands, job control and job support at work. Pearson' Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze the results. The findings indicated that there was significant positive relation in depression and worry, depression and job demand. There was significant negative relation in depression and job support. The results are discussed empirical research support.

Keywords

Depression, Worry, Job Demand, Job Control and Job Support.

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