Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to study teachers stress factors of working under the Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 and to compare teachers stress factors of working under the Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 classified by school size and teaching experience. The sample group used in the research were 315 teachers under the Office of Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The data collection instrument used in this study was a questionnaire consisting of two sections. The first section gathered general demographic information about the respondents. The second section included teachers stress factors using a five-point Likert scale. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The statistics used to test the hypothesis were T-Test, analysis of variance, and Schaffer's method of testing pairwise differences. The results of the study found that 1) teachers stress factors of working under The Office of Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, according to the opinions of teachers was at a moderate level overall. Considering each aspect, it found that all areas had the moderate level of opinions, the areas with the highest average was the nature of work, followed by roles and responsibilities and the lowest was the personal characteristics. 2) The results of comparing the level of teachers stress factors of working under the office of Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, classified by school size was significantly different at a statistical level of .05. Considering each aspect, it found that all areas were statistically significantly different at the 0.05 level. 3) The results of comparing the levels of teachersstress factors of working under the office of Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 classified by work experience found that all areas were not significantly different overall. Considering each aspect, it found that roles and responsibilities were significantly different at a statistical level of .05