DEVELOPMENT OF A COGNITIVE-BASED TEACHER STRESS MEASURING INSTRUMENT VALIDATED BY SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIOS IN THE BLOOD
Abstract
This study was primarily initiated to develop an objective stress measuring instrument. Blood sodium/potassium ratios were used in an attempt to validate the instrument. The instrument and blood ratios were also statistically compared with subjective instruments; one of which measured stress and the other measured morale. In addition, observer stress rankings made by two school administrators were incorporated into this study to provide comparative analysis on a broad spectrum. The subjects for this study consisted of twenty-six elementary school teachers. The variables utilized in this study consisted of two random variables, concentrative ability as measured by the design instrument and sodium/potassium ratios as blood as measured in an accredited hospital. Results of correlation and regression analysis indicated that there is some correlation between concentrative ability as measured by the design instrument and sodium/potassium ratios in the blood, but a significant correlation as would be expected between validating measures and a testing instrument could not be established in this study. Also, each of the treatments (tests or observations) were paired with one another to determine significant rank correlations. None of these correlations were significant. The implications of the results of this study rests in the argument which in effect suggests that the design instrument in its present form does not effectively measure stress.
Degree
Ph.D.
Subject Area
School administration
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