Research on Occupational Stress and Influencing Factors in University Teachers

Objective To explore the impact of occupational stress and effective prevention and control of occupational stress in university teachers.Methods A stratified cluster random sampling method was adopted,990 university teachers in Loudi city were sampled and investigated by occupational stress questionnaire.Results Occupational stresses in male and female accounted for 30.38% and 41.79%,respectively,which they had statistically significant difference(χ2= 13.75,P0.001);occupational stress in teachers working less than 10 years accounted for 43.16%,which was higher than that working more than 20 years,10-20 years(χ2= 13.81,P0.001);senior professional title group was the highest rate of occupational stress(43.26%),in 3 groups the difference among 3 groups was statistically significant(χ2= 23.68,P0.001);the highest rate of occupational stress in position was teacher,occupying 43.65%,significantly higher than the administrative staff and counselor,the difference was statistically significant(χ2=59.38,P0.001).Conclusion Major factors of occupational stress in university teachers are length of service,type of work,work stress and lack of organizational support.Strengthening the prevention and control of occupational stress is the fundamental way to reduce occupational stress.