• Medicine · Mar 2024

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Effect of psychological intervention in cushioning work-induced stress among secondary school home economics teachers: Implications for policy and administration.

    • Glory Mmachukwu Nwakpadolu, Moses Onyemaechi Ede, Joy Oluchukwu Okoro, Calister Lebechukwu Nwadi, Florence Ukamaka Akudo, Grace N Anigbogu, Amaka Bibian Ezeanwu, Edith C Edikpa, Vera Nkiru Nwadinobi, and Joy Obiageli Oneli.
    • Department of Agric/Vocational Education, College of Education, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Mar 1; 103 (9): e37174e37174.

    Background/ObjectiveWork demands in the contemporary Nigerian work environment are a critical concern to many including occupational stress researchers. This informed the current study to investigate the effect of psychological intervention in cushioning teachers' stress in public secondary schools in Nigeria.MethodsA randomized control design was applied. The participants were 80 secondary school home economics teachers. They were randomized into 2 groups, that is, treatment and waitlisted arms. The former was designed as a 12-session cognitive behavior intervention while the latter was waitlisted and the members received theirs at the end of the study. Both group members were evaluated at the pretest, posttest, and follow-up test to understand the baseline of the problem, treatment outcome, and sustainability respectively. Perceived Stress Scale and Teacher irrational belief scale were used as test tools. Data from the 3-time tests were analyzed using multivariate statistic.ResultsThe main effect results showed a significant reduction in teachers' stress and irrational beliefs due to cognitive behavior intervention. The follow-up test results also indicate that the impactful benefit of cognitive behavioral intervention on job stress reduction was significantly sustained over time. Regarding the influence of gender, the result shows no significant influence of gender on teachers' job stress in schools.ConclusionThis study suggests that cognitive behavior intervention can decrease work-induced stress among secondary school home economics teachers. Therefore, the management of schools is enjoined to deploy the services of cognitive behavior therapists to monitor the mood and mental health of teachers.Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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