The sources of psychological stress among teachers of physical and sport education in secondary school

Abstract EN

The research aims at illustrating the sources of the psychological pressures with secondary school teachers of physical and sport education.

It aims also to know if there are differences with statistical significance in the level of the psychological pressures of physical and sport education teachers that refer to the variables of (age, professional experience, and scientific qualification).

The descriptive method was used on a sample group of 30 secondary school teachers of physical and sport education in “Msila” (2014-2015) who were chosen randomly.

The researchers have used the standard of psychological pressure (prepared by them) as a tool of measurement; as a result, they found that secondary school teachers of physical and sport education suffer from a high level of psychological pressure and their main sources are working conditions, social status and physical charge.

The results also showed that there are no differences with statistical significance in the level of psychological pressure that refer to the variable of age, professional experience and scientific qualification.

Key words: Physical and Sport Education Teachers, Psychological Pressures, working conditions, social status, physical charge.