An investigation of the sources and levels of stress of teachers of challenging needs students in Newfoundland and Labrador

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The purpose of this study was to examine the sources and levels of stress experienced by teachers of students with challenging needs in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and to investigate the relationship between sources and levels of stress experienced by teachers in challenging needs classrooms. The Wilson Stress Profile for Teachers and a General Information Questionnaire were mailed to 302 challenging needs teachers. One hundred and eighty-four (60.93%) completed questionnaires were returned. The following statistics were used to analyze the responses of the population studied: (1) a description of the demographic characteristics of the responding teachers; (2) a representation of the mean score obtained on factors influencing stress and stress score means; and (3) a correlation of personal and professional factors with stress scores. The results indicated that challenging needs teachers find their jobs moderately stressful. When compared with other teachers, challenging n

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