Emotional intelligence and occupational stress among Filipino teachers

Abstract

This study describes the emotional intelligence and occupational stress among Filipino teachers through descriptive – correlational analysis. Inferential statistics are used to establish a possible relationship between emotional intelligence and occupational stress. The respondents of the study were 797 Filipino teachers who voluntarily participated in an online survey using Google form. The Ganos Emotional Intelligence Inventory was adopted to assess the Emotional Intelligence of the respondents, while an adopted version of the Teacher Stress Inventory (TSI) was used to measure the occupational stress of respondents. The demographic characteristics of the respondents were described and analyzed using frequency count and percentage. Mean was used to measure emotional intelligence level and the strength of occupational stress among the respondents. Furthermore, Pearson r was utilized to test the significant relationship between the main variables of the study. It was found that there is an inverse and high significant relationship between respondent’s emotional intelligence and occupational stress dimensions, hence the null hypothesis is rejected. This means that to overcome stress, teachers should have established a strong emotion and positive mindset.