Teacher drug use: a response to occupational stress

Examined relationship of work-related stress in teachers with wanting to leave the teaching profession and drug use in 277 teachers. Teachers reported higher rates than a national sample of lifetime alcohol, amphetamine, and tranquilizer use and higher rates of alcohol use. Selected measures of stre...

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Published inJournal of drug education Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 47 - 65
Main Authors Watts, W.D, Short, A.P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1990
Subjects
attitudes to work
Drug Use
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Job Stress
Occupational Diseases - psychology
Predictor Variables
relationships
Risk Factors
Street Drugs
Stress Variables
Stress, Psychological - complications
substance abuse
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
supervisors
Teachers
Teaching
work satisfaction
work stress
Texas
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Summary:Examined relationship of work-related stress in teachers with wanting to leave the teaching profession and drug use in 277 teachers. Teachers reported higher rates than a national sample of lifetime alcohol, amphetamine, and tranquilizer use and higher rates of alcohol use. Selected measures of stress were correlated with drug use, particularly amphetamine use. (Author/ABL)
ISSN:0047-2379
1541-4159
DOI:10.2190/XWW0-7FBH-FXVB-2K3C