Scale name: Wilson Stress
Profile for Teachers (WSPT)
Scale overview: The Wilson Stress Profile for Teachers (WSPT) is a
36-item self-report inventory designed to assess the level of teachers elementary
and secondary schools in nine areas.
Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of agreement from 1 = never
to 5 = very often.
Subscales: The nine subscales are as listed below.
1. Student Behavior (SB)
2. Employee/ Administrator
Relationships (EAR)
3. Teacher/ Teacher
Relations (TTR)
4. Parent/Teacher
Relationships (PTR)
5. Time Management (TM)
6. Intrapersonal Conflicts
(IC)
7. Physical Symptoms of
Stress (PS)
8. Psychological/ Emotional
Symptoms of Stress (PES)
9. Stress Management
Techniques (SM)
Scale items
There are 4 items in each
subscale for a total of 36 items. Based on the 5-point scoring system, possible
total scale scores range from 36 to 180.
Sample items are listed for
each subscale below.
1. Student Behavior (SB). “I have difficulty controlling my class”
2. Employee/ Administrator
Relationships (EAR). “I have difficulty in my working relationship with my administrator(s)”
3. Teacher/ Teacher
Relations (TTR). “I feel my fellow
teachers think I am not doing a good job”
4. Parent/Teacher
Relationships (PTR). “Parents of my
students are a source of concern for me”
5. Time Management (TM). “I have too much to do and not enough time to do
it”
6. Intrapersonal Conflicts
(IC). “Teaching is stressful for me”
7. Physical Symptoms of
Stress (PS). “I feel depressed
about my job”
8. Psychological/ Emotional
Symptoms of Stress (PES)
9. Stress Management
Techniques (SM). “I feel powerless
to solve my
difficulties”
Reliability:
Internal consistency values
for the total scale score were .91 for a low stress group and .93 for a high
stress group (Luh et al., 1991).
Rosenberg (2010) reported .83
for the total score.
Internal consistency values
(Cronbach Alpha) for subscales range from .58 to .89 (Luh et al., 1991).
Rosenberg (2010) reported a
range of values (Cronbach Alpha) from .55 to .84 for the subscales.
Validity:
See Luh et al., (1991) for discriminant
validity findings.
Sutton and Huberty (1984)
reported a significant inverse relationship between total WSPT scores and
ratings of job satisfaction (r = .474).
Availability:
A full list of the 36 items
can be found in Rosenberg (2010) and Kendell (1982). See references below.
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Kendell, S. E. (1982) An investigation into stress factors and levels of stress as perceived by regular classroom teachers of Newfoundland and Labrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Luh, W., Olejnik, S., Greenwood, G., & Parkay, F. (1991). Psychometric properties of the Wilson Stress Profile for Teachers. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 6, 255-270.
Rosenberg, T. C. (2010). Teacher stress: An assessment of teachers' need for and receptiveness towards a stress reduction program within one rural school system. Educational Specialist. 98. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/edspec201019/98
Sutton, G.W., & Huberty, T.J. (1984). An evaluation of teacher stress and job satisfaction. Education, 105, 189‑192. Academia Link Research Gate Link
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