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- Title
Dotazník TSI - Teacher Stress Inventory: validácia slovenskej verzie.
- Authors
Čecho, R.; Švihrová, V.; Hricová, D.; Buchancová, J.; Hudečková, H.
- Abstract
Introduction: The teacher profession is considered as an assisting occupation. According to various sources in literature, this profession is considered very stressful, with icreasing requirements for personal and professional qualifications and specific sources of stress are considered as a world-wide phenomenon. Objective of the work: The objective of this paper was to translate and validate Slovak version of TSI - Teacher stress inventory. It seems TSI questionnaire can be possible researching and evaluating tool for risk assessment of subjective response to mental load. Methods: The original version of TSI was translated into the Slovak language. The collection of data for validation of the questionnaire was executed in June 2017 before the end of the school year in selected basic schools and universities. The teacher filled out the questionnaire for the first time (a test) during the visit of the research worker at the school. After 14 days during the visit of the schools, they filled out the questionnaire for the second time (a retest). The analysis of internal consistence was made by means of the Cronbach alpha. The level of significance p ˂ 0.05 was considered significant. Results: the questionnaire consists of 49 questions classified in 10 domains. Questionnaires filled out by 20 teachers were used for validation of the Slovak version. The value of Cronbach alpha above 0.7 was considered acceptable. Cronbach alpha was higher than 0.7 except domain 7 (0.631), while total score reached the value of 0.959. These results indicate a high internal consistence of the questionnaire. The value of Pearson correlation above 0.5 is considered high. Pearson's coefficient proved to be higher than 0.7 in all cases and reached the value of 0.992 for total score, while all P values were lower than 0.001. Conclusion: TSI questionnaire can serve as a suitable tool for the evaluation of subjective response to the teacher's mental load. It provides information about specific sources of load for the teachers and manifestations of the stress. Identification of specific stressors in the teacher´s work helps in better orientation in prevention of psychical working load at individual and organization level.
- Publication
Occupational Medicine / Pracovní Lékarství, 2018, Vol 70, Issue 1/2, p18
- ISSN
0032-6291
- Publication type
Academic Journal