Document Type : Original Article
Author
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Studies, Al‑Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Workplace causes tress which negatively affects the physical as well as the
emotional well‑being of individuals. However, it is widely reported in the literature that a number of
factors have received significant attention in the professional life, stressing their significance to the
individual’s psychological, social, and professional life.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research is a descriptive that study adopted a quantitative
method, involving 40 female teachers. A survey method was randomly distributed to teachers who
are identified to have worked with students with disability using randomly sampling, and data were
then exposed to the descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation.
RESULTS: The results showed that respondents had good psychological resilience level with
moderate occupational stress level. Furthermore, a significant correlation between psychological
resilience and occupation stress is supported.
CONCLUSION: The present study indicated that the participants have acceptance level of
psychological resilience which helps them to reduce their stress when performing their work. The
study, therefore, encouraged decision academicians to regularly organize several positive counseling
and psychological training to the teachers.
Keywords
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