A comparative study of stress among university faculty in China and Japan

Stress among university faculty has received considerable treatment in rese arch literature in the past decade in higher education, but very little stu dy has been undertaken from a comparative perspective. This paper reports t he results of a comparative study in measuring stress among university facu lty in China and Japan using a questionnaire survey. It analyzes the relati onship between stress and health in different age groups of the faculty and the differences in the nature and structure of the stress between China an d Japan. The research suggests that stress of Chinese and Japanese universi ty faculty can be described as "social-transformation stress'' and "directi on-conflict stress'', respectively.