Effects of demographic characteristics on work-stimulated stress among early childhood educators using structural equation modelling.
- Title
- Effects of demographic characteristics on work-stimulated stress among early childhood educators using structural equation modelling.
- Author(s)
- Akobi, O., & Okeke, C. See all items with this value
- Date
- 2023 See all items with this value
- Description
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Work stimulated stress has emerged as a pervasive global issue that needs to be investigated by specialists around the world. Work stimulated stress is a condition of pressure brought on by one's occupation and it occurs when the demands of the job outpace the worker's abilities or resources. This study was therefore carried out to investigate the effects of demographic characteristics on work stimulated stress among early childhood educators using structural equation modelling. The demographic variables considered in the study were teachers’ age, gender, experience, marital status, income and educational qualification. The sample comprised of three hundred and fifty (350) early childhood educators across six (6) states in Nigeria. The study adopted an expost-facto research design.
A stratified random sampling technique was used to select the early childhood educators for the study. One validated instrument developed by the researchers on work stimulated stress and associated demographic variables was used to collect data for the study. The reliability index of the instrument using Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.83. Data collected for the study was analyze using Coefficient of determination (R2) to answer the research questions that guided the study while path analysis and multiple regressions analysis were employed in hypotheses testing. The findings of this study showed that age, marital status, gender and religion predicted work stimulated stress among early childhood
educators more than the other variables. Conclusion was drawn and it was recommended among others that employers of labour should take in cognizance the demographic variables as it influences workstimulated stress. The implications of these findings for education policy makers, administrators and teachers are discussed. - Publisher
- INTED2022 Conference See all items with this value
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- Keywords
- Demographic characteristics, Early Childhood, Early childhood Educations, Stress, Structural Equation Modelling See all items with this value
- pages
- 1226-1233
- Item sets
- Conference Papers/Proceedings
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