MEDIATING EFFECT OF COPING STRATEGIES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

Educational Management

The quality of life of an individual depends on the comfort that one receives based of his daily activities. Stress is always a factor that defines the quality of life of an employee. This study aimed to determine the influence between occupational stress and the quality of life among school principals as mediated by their coping strategy for school year 2019 – 2020. This study used the descriptive – correlation method. A survey instrument was used to get data from among the 300 school principals in the Congressional District 2 and 3 of DepEd Cotabato Division. The study disclosed that among the variables presented the level of occupational stress of the school administrators was moderately high. The school administrators responded an often degree in terms of their quality of life based on the findings. The level of the assessment of coping strategies of school administrators was on the moderate extent. The occupational stress significantly influenced the quality of life among the school administrators. The coping strategies significantly mediated on the occupational stress in terms of physical, emotional, and mental stress. Further, the coping strategies significantly mediated the quality of life only on emotional well – being of the school administrators.

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