PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dobešová Cakirpaloglu, Simona
AU  - Čech, Tomáš
AU  - Kvintová, Jana
AU  - Křeménková, Lucie
TI  - The effect of coping strategies on workplace bullying in elementary school teachers
DP  - 2019 Jul 22
TA  - e-Pedagogium
PG  - 14--25
VI  - 19
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/epd.2019.002
IS  - 12137758
AB  - Stress is a major problem in the teaching profession. It is related to work overload, lack of teaching staff, lack of coping strategies and a high staff turnover. Rapid increases of stress in elementary school teachers results in a high risk of workplace bullying. One of the options for prevention is to find suitable coping strategies. The research objective of this study was to determine the relationship between coping strategies and the victims of bullying in the workplace in the Czech Republic. Two questionnaires were used consisting of: NAQ-R questionnaires (Negative Acts Questionnaire- Revised) which evaluates the prevalence and forms of workplace bullying, and a standardized OSI-R questionnaire (Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised) which evaluates the emotional impact, cognitive stress management and the utilised coping strategies (personal resources for coping with stress). The research sample consisted of 464 elementary school teachers, of whom 67 were men and 388 were women. The existence of a significantly negative relationship was confirmed between the victims of workplace bullying and all coping strategies monitored - social support, relaxation, self-care, and cognitive coping.