To explore the association between social support and coping strategies on occupational stress and performance among CBSE affiliated school teachers in Hyderabad, a cross sectional survey of 300 teachers consisting of 200 women and 100 men from CBSE affiliated in around Hyderabad is carried out. A self-administered questionnaire with socio-demographic, occupational stress, social support and coping factors was used. The occupational stress was measured based on Occupational Stress Index, the social support from the perceived support from co-workers, instrument and emotional support received and factors related to approach and avoidance coping strategies. The five in dependent stress causing factors Workload, Role Overload, Role Ambiguity, Students Behaviour, School Environment, the three social support factors Instrument support, Emotional support and Coworkers, two coping strategies Approach and Avoidance coping strategies on employees were measured. To measure the reliability of the scales used in this study, and internal consistencies of the survey questionnaire, the reliability statistics Cronbach’s alpha (C-Alpha) was measured. The overall C-Alpha value is 0.82 whereas and the C-Alpha values ranged from 0.70 to 0.82, for all the 10independent factors and one dependent factor Performance. The bivariate logistic analysis was carried out on dichotomous variables to measure the association of demographic variables with occupational stress, social support and coping. The multinomial logistic regression analysis was performed to estimate the likelyhood odds ratios (ORs) to explain the factors associated with occupational stress, and its association with social support and coping strategies and their relationship with the occupational stress. Health-wise, some teachers developed chronic leg pains due to mild varicose vein disorders may be because of long standing teachings and there is no statistically significant differences with relation to gender on occupational stress and effect on performance. The smoking has significant influence on hypertension in particular in male teachers.
