本研究旨在了解嘉義縣國小教師工作壓力與休閒滿意度之現況，並探討不同背景變項在工作壓力與休閒滿意度之差異情形，以及工作壓力與休閒滿意度之相關性。本研究係以「嘉義縣國小教師工作壓力、休閒滿意度問卷」為研究工具，以分層隨機抽樣方法進行問卷調查，共發出600份問卷，有效樣本470份，有效問卷回收率為78.3%。回收資料以統計套裝軟體SPSS 12.0中文版執行，採用描述性統計、獨立樣本t考驗、單因子多變量變異數分析及Scheffe事後比較、典型相關等統計分析後獲得以下結果：
一、嘉義縣國小教師工作壓力的現況屬中等程度，以「政策變革」層面感受較為強烈。
二、不同性別、年齡、婚姻狀況、服務年資、擔任職務、教育程度、
校規模之嘉義縣國小教師在「工作壓力」層面上有顯著差異。
三、嘉義縣國小教師休閒滿意度之現況屬於中上程度，以「紓壓保健」層面滿意度最高。
四、不同性別、職務、休閒活動參與之嘉義縣國小教師，在「休閒滿意度」層面上有顯著差異。
五、嘉義縣國小教師休閒滿意度與工作壓力呈顯著負相關，教師的「紓壓保健」、「增強體能」之滿意度越高，在「學生表現」方面的工作壓力程度就越小。
六、從事運動性休閑活動之嘉義縣國小教師休閒滿意度與工作壓力呈顯著負相關，教師的「增強體能」之滿意度越高，在「政策變革」和「專業能力」的工作壓力程度就越小。
最後，根據研究結果提出建議，以供教育行政機關、學校及未來研究之參考。

　　This study aimed to understand the current situation about job stress and leisure satisfaction of elementary school teachers in Chiayi County and examining the impact of the teachers’ background variables on job stress and leisure satisfaction, as well as the correlation between job stress and leisure satisfaction. In this study, the "Job stress and leisure satisfaction of elementary school teachers in Chiayi County questionnaire" was applied as a research tool , a stratified random sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey. A total of 600 questionnaires were distributed and 470 valid samples were returned, the response rate was 78.3%. The statistical software package SPSS 12 was administered to analyze the collected data via descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test, One-Way MANOVA and Scheffe post hoc comparison and Canonical correlation. According to the analytic results, it has come to the following conclusion:
1.The overall job stress of elementary school teachers was at the intermediate level, "Changeable policy " was the domain the teachers perceived most strongly.
2.The teachers with different gender, age, marital status, years of service, positions, educational level, school size had significant differences in the job stress.
3.The overall leisure satisfaction of elementary school teachers was at the high-interme diate level ,"Pressure relieving and health" was the domain the teachers scored highest.
4.The teachers with different gender, position, leisure activities, had significant differe- nces in the leisure satisfaction.
5.There was a negatively significant correlation between teachers’ leisure satisfaction and job stress. The higher the teachers scored on "Pressure relieving and health" and "Physical fitness enhancement", the more negatively impacted their job stress on "Student performance".
6.There was a negatively significant correlation between leisure satisfaction and job stress of those teachers who engaged in sports activities during leisure time. The higher the teachers scored on "Physical fitness enhancement", the more negatively impacted their job stress on "Changeable policy" and "Professional capacity".
　　Finally, according to the results as above, the study would be able to offer some suggestions for the elementary school teachers, schools and any educational administrations. Furthermore, it can also be the valuable references for the other researchers.