MEDICINA SPORTIVA - Journal of Romanian Sports Medicine Society

Reliability, validity and factorial structure of the occupational stress scale for physical education teachers

Occupational stress is a debatable topic for many demanding professions in extensively reviews the working capability of the employees working in different fields. In Physical Education this issue has a series of various traits depends on working nature of the Physical Education Teachers (P.E.T.‟s). To know the exact level of Indian PET‟s occupational stress investigators were constructed an Occupational Stress Scale with 53 questions of 14 antecedents of occupational stress. 369 PET‟s were randomly selected from Delhi and National Capital Region. After implication of factor analysis, this scale suggested 06 factors which work as common antecedents of occupational stress. This scale established high Cronbach‟s Alpha Reliability i.e., 0.899 and Content/Face validity determined by the approval of illustrious Indian personalities of the physical education profession.