The purpose of this study was to explore self-reported stress experienced by secondary school teachers in Transkei, South Africa using a local unstandardized scale. Contrary to the literature on western teachers, an average rating of stress of 93.5 was reported by the 134 teachers, and no differences were noted between the 66 men and 68 women.
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