Anxiety among Government and Private School Teachers

Abstract

Mental disorders have become especially important in the current stressful world. Among these disorders, anxiety, and depression are highly prevalent. Stress is also a very common phenomenon. Given the teachers’ prominent roles in the education department and the importance of their mental health, the present study was designed to assess anxiety among government and private school teachers. The sample consisted of randomly selected 60 government schools (30 Urban Area and 30 Rural Area) and 60 private schools (30 Urban Area and 30 Rural Area) total of 120 school teachers. State-Trait Anxiety Test (STAT) was developed and standardized by Sanjay Vohra (2011). The finding that, 1. There is no significant difference in the mean score of anxiety among the government and private school teachers, 2. The school teachers of rural area group is having batter anxiety than school teachers of urban area group and 3. There is no significant difference in the interactive effect of the mean scores of anxiety with regards to the type of school and area.