A Study of the Relationship between Techno Stress and Well-being among Primary School Teachers
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https://doi.org/10.53032/tvcr/2025.v7n1.36Keywords:
Technology, Emotional health, Well-being, technostressAbstract
This study examines the connection between primary school teachers’ well-being and technostress, with a particular emphasis on the effects of technology-related stress on their mental and physical health. Teachers confront particular difficulties as a result of the growing use of digital resources in the classroom, such as technological overload, insecurity, and complexity, which can have a negative impact on their wellbeing. The purpose of the study Is to investigate how much teachers’ work-life balance, emotional well-being, and job satisfaction are impacted by technostress. The study uses a cross-sectional survey approach and a quantitative correlational research design. To guarantee coverage across gender, age, and years of teaching experience, a sample of 300 primary school instructors from both urban and rural schools in [particular region/country] was chosen by stratified random sampling. Two validated tools were used to gather data: the Teacher Well-Being Scale (Collie et al., 2015) to evaluate well-being domains (job satisfaction, emotional health, and work-life balance) and the Technostress Scale (Tarafdar et al., 2007) to measure technostress dimensions (techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, and techno-uncertainty). In order to account for confounding variables, demographic data were also gathered, including training and frequency of technology use. In order to investigate the association between technostress and well-being as well as the predictive function of technostress dimensions, data analytic techniques included multiple regression, descriptive statistics, and Pearson correlation. Technostress and well-being appear to be significantly correlated negatively, according to preliminary studies, with the main indicators of worse well-being being technological overload and invasion. In order to reduce technostress and improve wellbeing, the study's consequences include suggestions for teacher preparation programs and school regulations.
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