2.2. Participants
The research sample was created from 291 teachers from Slovak republic. 146 teachers acted on
the second level of primary education, 145 teachers on high schools. From the total number, 79% were
females (N=230) a 21% males (N=61). Average age of research sample was 41,66 years; age scope was
24 to 68 years. Average length of teaching practice was 16,8 years (minimum 1 year, maximum 41 years
of teaching practice).
We didn’t discover differences by teachers in observed variables (Proactive coping, Reflective
coping, Strategic planning, Preventive coping, Instrumental support seeking, Emotional support seeking,
Avoidance coping, Teacher self-efficacy, Stress, Cognitive level of stress, Emotional level of stress,
Physical level of stress, Social level of stress) or from the aspect of sex, or the duration of teaching
practice.