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In the present master thesis, a research analysis about the relationship between work anxiety and a few more factors takes place. These factors are the safety coming out from an employer’s occupational status, the years she/he serves or the marital status. Those participated are men as well as women of secondary education in Arta prefecture, Greece and the basic questions of this thesis are the most significant consequences due to work anxiety for these teachers, as well as the most effective means to cope with it. The study is also divided in 4 chapters, with each of themconsisting of important information. Thus, in the first chapter there is an extent record of definitions about work-related stress and work-related exhaustion, which often related to this stress according to the international literature. In addition, there is also an extent reference to the teachers’ perceived satisfaction from work, since low levels of satisfaction have been implied to high levels of work-related stress. In the second chapter, the present thesis introduces the reader to educational field, where the work-related stress effects on teachers are shown as well as the most effective means to deal with it. The bibliography used in this chapter includes articles from authoritative scientific journals, references from books,and generally, a wealth of sources that document what they refer to.In the third chapter of the thesis, there is the case study which incorporates the answers from the questionnaires given to 100 teachers in the Prefecture of Arta, Greece, men and women. These questionnaires concern work-related anxiety, job satisfaction, the sense of burnout stems from work, the consequences teachers have seen on themselves and the best ways to deal with this stress. In the same chapter, a few statistical analyses are carried out on the degree of correlation between the above figures, while the dissertation closes with a fourth chapter in which the overall conclusions are recorded. At the end of the thesis, there is every source used during its completion, as well as the questionnaires given to the participants