We also assumed and discovered considerable negative correlation between self-efficacy of teachers and
experiencing stress (in all observed areas). Above mentioned fact shows the significant coherence of personal
characteristics and features (proactive approach and perceived self-efficacy) connected with effective stress coping in
all its levels – cognitive, emotional, physical and social.
Keywords: Teacher’s Stress; Coping Strategies; Proactive Coping; Teachers Self-Efficacy.
1. Introduction
Teacher’s profession as a component of coadjutant professions belongs to those that impose
significant requirements on the person performing them from emotional, cognitive, social and also
physical side. In the context stated by Kyriacou (1996), he used the term “teacher’s stress”, which he
further defines as situations, in which teachers feel angry, aggrieved, nervous, disappointed, when they
feel tension or anxiety as a result of some fact, which is related to their pedagogical activity. Kyriacou
(2001) states that teacher’s stress represents a complex of interactions between coping mechanisms,
personal features and environment, which are in a mutual relationship. Based on works of Kyriacou
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