A Comparative Study on Social Support and Stress among Male and Female University Teachers

Abstract

The world is advancing as humans have been achieving so much with each passing day. The world, which has so much innovation, is also facing issues that cause stress. The teachers who are working all over the world most of the time confront different situations at workplace. Teacher’s role in society is crucial. The current study aimed to measure the effect of social support on stress among male and female universities teachers in the private and public universities of Lahore, Pakistan. In order to collect data Scale of Perceived Social Support was used on a sample of 496 male and female universities teachers by using a proportionate stratified sampling technique. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Regression) were used for the analysis of data. Results of the study indicated that there is a significant effect of social support (supervisor support and coworker support) on stress among male and female university teachers. Moreover, females have high social support than male teachers at the university level.