Psychological Problems among Non-Academic Staffs of Educational Institutions in India

This study was conducted to assess the stress, anxiety and depression among none-academic staffs in educational institutions with respect to their work profile, educational qualification. One hundred twenty-six nonacademic staffs have been enrolled from different states of India, ranging between 18 to 60 years belonging to major work group i.e. officers (n=30) and office-clerks (n=96). All the participants were categorized on the basis of their educational qualifications i.e. doctorate (n=9), post graduate (n=62), graduate (n=44) and intermediate (n=12) too. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) has been used to assess the depression, anxiety and stress of non-academic staffs. Results showed no anxiety (M=6.9, SD=5.58), depression (M=5.4, SD=6.07) and stress (M=9.2, SD=7.23) among non-academic staffs. Scores (t-value) on stress, anxiety and depression level were not found significant between officers and office-clerk groups. One-way ANOVA revealed no significant difference in the mean scores on stress, anxiety and depression across different educational qualification group of non-academic staffs.