Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-10-2019
Keywords
principals, stress, coping, cognitive flexibility, decision making, health, leadership
Abstract
The present study sought to investigate perceptions of stress and coping among public school principals. School principals are daily called upon to make decisions regarding a range of unscripted events. The position can be stressful, and stress is known to interfere with sound decision making. It was predicted that present samples of school principals would report a mean level of elevated stress. Contrary to expectations, school principals did not report an elevated level of stress. They instead reported an ostensibly effective reliance on problem-focused and emotion-focused coping skills. It remains unclear how the school principals developed such adaptive means for coping with the stress of leading schools. It is recommended that future research explore this question so that such skills may be transmitted to principals-in-training.
Department
Educational Leadership
Print ISSN
2158-2440
Publication Title
SAGE Open
Recommended Citation
Kaufman, J. A. (2019). Stress and coping among public school principals in a Midwest metropolitan sample. SAGE Open, 9(1). DOI: 10.1177/2158244019829549
DOI
10.1177/2158244019829549
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Article published in SAGE Open, volume 9, issue 1, pages 1-6, January-March 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019829549
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