Educators' appraisal of their stressors and coping strategies.

An assessment of 188 educators' perceptions of their appraisal of stress producers and coping mechanisms on McWilliams and Schnorr's questionnaire were studied. Subjects identified their stress as mild, moderate, and severe. Analysis of scores identified educators' stressors and coping strategies and showed significant differences among the three stress-level groups on statements about 12 stress producers and 8 coping mechanisms.