The modern society is overrun by stress and the whole world is feeling the consequences.
Stress can work negatively towards an individuals´ mental, emotional and physicall well being. In a workplace environment stress has been found to negatively impact motivation, productivity and safety. With the evergrowing amount of stress among us, we have to be aware that in trying to manage it we cannot predict and control every stressor that affects our lives, no matter what caused the stress in the first place. What we can do is control our reaction to stressfull experiences, which again varies based on our beliefs of ourselves and our capabilities of managing the given circumstances. A helpful tool when dealing with such issues can be mindfulness, which is the ability to experience situations in a way that is open, accepting and curious way, without trying to change or avoid them.
In this Diploma thesis, the intention was to study the stress and mindfulness of teachers from the selected elementary schools (Domžale, Mengeš in Trzin) and then determine whether or not there is a connection between the two. To measure the correlation we calculated the statistical significance (p-value), which was above the 0,05 value which indicates that the correlation could not be determined. The research also showed that most of the teachers in the study experience stress in their place of work. This was confirmed by the one-tail t-test which showed that the measured average (3,43) was higher than the test average (3). The one-tail t-test also showed that the mindfulness value level of the selected teachers (2,61) was lower than the test (3).
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