ABSTRACT
This
study investigated principals’ stress management strategies as correlate
ofteachers' attitude towards instructional effectiveness in public secondary
schools in South East, Nigeria. The study adopted correlational research
design. Seven research questions and seven null hypotheses guided the study at
0.05 level of significance. The population of the study was 24,823 principals
and teachers. This comprises of 1,033 principals and 23,790 teachers from 1,033
public secondary schools in south east, Nigeria. The sample size was 1241
comprising 1,189 teachers and 52 principals. The sample size was determined
using multi-stage sampling technique. Two instruments were used for data
collection, namely: Principals’ Stress Management Strategies Questionnaire
(PSMSQ) and Teachers’ Attitude towards Instructional Effectiveness Rating Scale
(TATIERS). The instruments were validated by three (3) experts. To ensure the
reliability of the instrument, test retest reliability method was conducted
using 20 principals and teachers from rural and urban secondary schools in
Ebonyi State which was outside the study area, but with similar characteristics
with the study area. Estimate ofstability ofthe instrument was determined using
Pearson product moment correlation coefficient which gave a reliability index
of0.78 for PSMSQ and 0.80 for TATIERS. The research questions were answered
using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r2) while the null
hypotheses were tested using simple linear regression at 0.05 level
ofsignificance. The results revealed that there was a high positive correlation
between principals' role analysis strategy and teachers’ attitude towards
instructional effectiveness, that there was a significant correlation between
principals' role analysis strategy and teachers' attitude towards instructional
effectiveness, that there was a moderate positive correlation between
principals' team building strategy and teachers’ attitude towards instructional
effectiveness, that there was a high positive correlation between principals’
stress management strategies and teachers’ attitude towards instructional
effectiveness based on gender and that there was a significant correlation
between principals' stress management strategies and teachers' attitude towards
instructional effectiveness based on gender. The study concluded
thatprincipals’ stress management strategies were important factors in
determining teachers’ attitude towards instructional effectiveness. It was
therefore, recommended among others that school principals should adopt effective
stress management strategies which were targeted at ensuring teachers’ right
attitude towards instructional effectiveness
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