AN ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS’ COPING MANAGEMENT OF PERCEIVED STRESS AND FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN

Merissa Braza Ocampo

doi:10.22373/psikoislamedia.v5i2.8106

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Volume 5, Issue 2 (2020)

AN ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS’ COPING MANAGEMENT OF PERCEIVED STRESS AND FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN

Merissa Braza Ocampo

Affiliation Details

Merissa Braza Ocampo: Fukushima Gakuin University

Published: 2021-02-16 , Pages: 217-228 , DOI: 10.22373/psikoislamedia.v5i2.8106

Abstract

Amidst the burgeoning research currently conducted on the effects of COVID-19, this study looks particularly at teachers’ stress and anxiety during a time of heightened global uncertainty, which also strongly affects educational processes. The paper draws on data provided through online questionnaires, and follow-up interviews with teachers at a variety of educational institutions in Japan, the Philippines, and eight other countries. Findings from 100 respondents include details regarding the extent and distribution of various behaviors and emotional tendencies gained from quantitative analysis, and additional follow up questions, all conducted online. Numerous strategies for combatting the negative impact of COVID-19 are presented, and a variety of individual responses to this predicament is stressed. The study confirms that COVID-19 is having an unprecedented impact on education, affecting not only students but teachers as well. Thus, the study aims to both assist in alleviating the negative impacts on teachers’ wellbeing and to provide helpful insights that contribute to the body of knowledge on teachers’ coping management of perceived stress and anxiety.

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Author Biography

Merissa Braza Ocampo, Fukushima Gakuin University

Currently, on full-time staff at Fukushima Gakuin University, Dr. Ocampo’s interdisciplinary work combines linguistics and health, looking particularly at the impact of Anxiety, Burnout, and Stress (ABS) on learners and teachers of English as a Foreign Language. Currently, she is focusing on the effectiveness of self-compassion to cope up with ABS among teachers. Ocampo wrote her Ph.D. on mother and child nutrition and health status. Having direct personal experience guiding family members through the Japanese education system to the tertiary level, her current research explores the Family Environment Mode Approach (FEMA) in language teaching. A naturalized Japanese, Ocampo is also able to draw upon her knowledge of both Japanese and Filipino language and culture to support an intercultural perspective in her work. She is currently developing FEMA more extensively and coordinating a Modular Storybook project for teaching children, nutrition, and health concepts in English.

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