The purpose of this study was to find the relationship between self-esteem and perceived stress among government and private school teachers of Jammu.
Data from 120 teachers working in Jammu (60 private school teachers and 60 government school teachers) using purposive sampling were collected. The self-esteem was assessed using Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used to assess the perceived stress. The data was analyzed using statistical software SPSS (version 20.0).
The results of this study showed that the mean age of the teachers who participated in this study was 38.68 (SD=9.59) years with mean teaching experience of 11.28 (SD=6.97) years. The results also showed the private schools’ teachers had comparatively higher self-esteem and lower stress than government schools’ teachers. There was no significant difference in self-esteem and perceived stress of government and private schools’ teachers (p>0.05).
There was a strong positive significant relationship between self-esteem and perceived stress among the teachers (r=0.288, p<0.01). But there was no significant relationship between self-esteem and age (r= -0.031, p>0.05), self-esteem and teaching experience (r= 0.024, p>0.05), perceived stress and age (r= 0.135, p>0.05), and perceived stress and teaching experience (r= 0.099, p>0.05).
