STRESS CAUSATIVE FACTORS AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF OF FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE

Stress is a phenomenon of life that affect individual in all spheres of life. This study
investigated stress causative factors among academic staff of the Federal College
of Education (FCE), Abeokuta, Ogun State. The study adopted a descriptive survey
research method and a self-developed questionnaire was used for data collection.
The population comprised 108 academic staff of FCE, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Three research questions were answered and analyzed with the use of descriptive
statistics of frequency count and percentage. The result of the study revealed that
academic staff of FCE, Abeokuta, Ogun State experienced one form of stress or the
other, identified causative factors of stress include work overload 106(98.15%)
being the highest and administrative-related duties 54(50.00%) being the lowest.
The symptoms of stress among them include overeating or lack of appetite
100(92.59%), followed by headache 99(91.67%) and the least of the symptoms
reported by them was frequent illness 12(11.11%). Also, the respondents used
several strategies to manage stress with prioritizing their work 95(87.96%) being
the highest. The researcher thereby recommended that staff workload should be
reduced and also staff should be continually trained on how to develop personal
coping strategies for stress. Also, the management of the college should always
develop the school calendar to accommodate academic staff’s annual leave.