Effect of automatic negative thoughts and stress on job demand, job control and job support on among school teachers

Pages: 1217-1219
Sumita Chahal (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh)

Common trends in modern work life include global competition and organizational changes. Such trends and many other characteristics of modern work may increase stress and influence the well-being of employees. The current study examined effects of stress and automatic thoughts on job demand, job control and job support. The participants were 100 female government school teachers from district Hisar, Haryana. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to teachers. The questionnaires asked about perceived stress, automatic negative thoughts, job demands, job control and job support at work. Pearson’ Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze the results. The findings indicated that there was no significant relation in perceived stress and any component of job i.e. job demand, job control and job support. There was significant negative relation in automatic negative thoughts and job support. The results are discussed empirical research support.