@article{677, keywords = {Work stress, Type A self-concept, university teachers, secondary school teachers}, author = {Mª G. Castaño Collado and Mª E. Díaz Ramiro and S. Rubio Valdehita}, title = {Perceived stress and Type-A behavior in university and secondary teachers}, abstract = {The present paper tries to identify the stress levels of a teacher´s sample with respect to the population, using a stress measurement instrument standarized for the working people. Beside, the paper assess the differences wich appear in stress depending on sex and the teaching level (University or Second School) and their interaction. Finally, it analises if having a pattern Type A is connected to the level of stress. The results showed that the level of stress perceived was inferior to the average, not finding significative differences in such variables. Though it’s not possible to predict the stress level wich is perceived by the teachers according to the behavior patterns Type A, there is a mediated effect of the variables that form this pattern on the stress level.}, year = {2000}, journal = {Ansiedad y Estrés}, volume = {6}, number = {1}, pages = {131-141}, month = {01/2000}, publisher = {Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés}, issn = {1134-7937}, isbn = {2174-0437}, }