Psychological problems among non-academic staffs of educational institutions in India

Pages: 1222-1225
Girijesh K. Yadav (Technical Officer-A (Psychology), ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad, Gujarat)
S. A. Barkat (Regional Director, Maulana Azad National Urdu University Mumbai Region, Navi Mumbai)

This study was conducted to assess the stress, anxiety and depression among none-academic staffs in educational institutions with respect to their work profile, educational qualification. One hundred twenty-six nonacademic staffs have been enrolled from different states of India, ranging between 18 to 60 years belonging to major work group i.e. officers (n=30) and office-clerks (n=96). All the participants were categorized on the basis of their educational qualifications i.e. doctorate (n=9), post graduate (n=62), graduate (n=44) and intermediate (n=12) too. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) has been used to assess the depression, anxiety and stress of non-academic staffs. Results showed no anxiety (M=6.9, SD=5.58), depression (M=5.4, SD=6.07) and stress (M=9.2, SD=7.23) among non-academic staffs. Scores (t-value) on stress, anxiety and depression level were not found significant between officers and office-clerk groups. One-way ANOVA revealed no significant difference in the mean scores on stress, anxiety and depression across different educational qualification group of non-academic staffs.