Date
12-11-2024
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD)
Chair
Lin B. Carver
Keywords
school climate, occupational stress, teacher perceptions, school settings
Disciplines
Education
Recommended Citation
Miller, Jennifer L., "Causal-Comparative Study of the Difference in Teacher Perceptions of School Climate and Teacher Occupational Stress Among Elementary, Middle, and High School Teachers" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 6288.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/6288
Abstract
The purpose of this quantitative, causal-comparative study is to determine if there is a difference in teachers’ perceptions of school climate and teacher occupational stress among elementary, middle, and high school teachers. There is a gap in the literature pertaining to teachers’ perceptions of school climate and occupational stress in different school settings. The sample included 79 teachers from a district in eastern North Carolina. The instrument used for teacher stress was the Teacher Stress Inventory-Short survey (TSI-S), and the instrument for school climate was the Delaware School Climate Scale–Teacher/Staff (DSCS-T/S) survey. Data was collected using Survey Monkey. A one-way MANOVA was used to test the null hypothesis, which was followed by a post-hoc test. Results from the MANOVA confirmed the null hypothesis could be rejected. There is a significant relationship among the elementary, middle, and high school teachers’ perceptions of school climate and teacher stress. Moreover, the post-hoc test revealed that the elementary and high school teachers’ perceptions of the school climate were statistically significant.
