Self efficacy and job stress among teachers: A Meta–analysis

As teachers are significant persons not only for the school, but also for the society; it is the need of whole society to study about the factors that influencing mental health of teachers. While going through the studies of last 10 years, maximum number of studies among the teachers were related to the topics ‘self efficacy’ and ‘job stress’. Self-efficacy is a person's belief in his or her ability to succeed in a particular situation. Job stress is the harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when there is a poor match between job demands and the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker. Thus in this study, the investigators analyzed the studies related to these two factors and find out that stress is the basic reason for the burnout of teachers. Teachers with self-efficacy can deal with their stress in a good level, which will surely give a positive mental health. Thus, by adopting strategies to empower self-efficacy of teachers, automatically their stress will decrease and can mould teachers with undamaged mental health.