Covid-19 Pandemic-related Stress in Bangkok Metropolitan Administration: Implication to the Teaching Performance

Abstract

The study determined the COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and implication to the teaching performance among Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) teachers. The descriptive research design was used in the study. The researcher employed purposive sampling technique that was used in determining the respondents from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration elementary schools in Thailand. The research instrument that was used in gathering the data is a questionnaire distributed and retrieved thru Google Forms in the social media by the researcher. The data gathered were analyzed and interpreted using frequency counts, percentages, mean, and Spearman-rho correlation coefficient.

Furthermore, the degree of manifestation of COVID-19 pandemic-related stress among BMA teachers is high. The findings of the investigation revealed that the level of influence of COVID-19 pandemic-related stress to the teaching performance among BMA teachers is average. Moreover, the findings revealed that the profile of BMA teachers in terms of civil status, number of seminars related to stress management, number of dependents and number of students handled were found to be significantly correlated with their degree of manifestation of COVID-19 pandemic - related stress.  Meanwhile, profile of respondents along age, sex, highest educational attainment, and monthly salary were all found to be not significantly correlated with their degree of manifestation of COVID-19 pandemic - related stress.

Based on the findings, the following recommendations were presented. The BMA teachers in Thailand are encouraged to improve professional growth particularly in finishing graduate studies. In order to effectively manage COVID-19 related stress, both teachers and administrators must possess developed emotional skills like the ability to recognize emotions accurately, understand their causes and consequences, label them precisely by prioritizing the ones that are healthy, it can help to put mental wellness front and center.