Abstract
The main objective of this study was to determine the personality traits, work- related mental health stressors, and coping mechanisms of Tomas Cabili National High School teachers in the new normal during the School Year 2021 – 2022. A descriptive-correlational method was used. There were 68 respondents for this study, a complete enumeration of the school’s whole teaching force. The research instrument was composed of three parts: the personality traits which were adopted from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) Big-Five Factors Markers developed by Goldberg; the work-related mental stressors adopted from the Health and Security and Executive (HSE) Management Standards (2019); and the coping mechanisms adopted from Ways of Coping Checklist (WCCL) of Lazarus and Folkman. Frequency and percentage distribution, average- weighted value, and Pearson product-moment correlation were used in the analysis of data. The consolidated results of the study revealed that most of the respondents’ personality trait was conscientiousness. Their primary source of work-related mental stressors was on demands and their most preferred coping mechanism for stress was positive re-appraisal. Based on the gathered data, a personality traits and stress management program was proposed.
