Author(s): Antony Moses and Madi Alagan

Abstract:
Physical education (PE) directors, like other educators, face a range of challenges in their daily roles that can lead to significant levels of stress. However, PE directors experience unique stressors due to the physical demands of their work, student behaviour management, and the nature of physical education itself. In the present study an attempt is made to compare stress and coping among PE directors working in government, unaided, and aided institutes (N=411). They were administered stress and coping mechanisms questionnaires. The data were collected through emails and Google forms. The data were analysed through one-way ANOVA followed by Scheffe’s post hoc test to find out the difference in the mean scorers of physical education directors working in government, unaided and aided colleges. Results revealed that Stress was found to be significantly and negatively related to job satisfaction A significant difference was found in family stress, where physical education directors in unaided institutes reported the highest stress, followed by those in aided institutes, while directors in government institutes had the lowest family stress. A significant difference was found in work environment stress, with government institute directors reporting the highest stress, followed by aided, while unaided institute directors had the lowest. There was no significant difference in overload stress, support stress and total stress across institutes and the mean scores were almost the same for government, unaided, and aided institutes. A significant difference was found in physical coping, with government institute directors showing the highest coping ability, followed by unaided, while aided institute directors had the lowest. A significant difference was found in spiritual coping, where aided institute directors used the highest level of spiritual coping, followed by government, while unaided institute directors used the least. There was no significant difference in psychological coping, manage coping and in total coping as the mean scores were nearly the same across all institutes. Strategies for reducing stress and improving mental health have been delineated.

DOI: 10.22271/kheljournal.2025.v12.i5e.3991

Pages: 309-313  |  102 Views  38 Downloads

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