Childhood Education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria.
Trends Psychiatry Psychother. 2024;46:e20220479. doi: 10.47626/2237-6089-2022-0479. Epub 2022 Jul 5.
Teaching is very stressful and demanding and it intensifies psychological and related disorders compared to other occupations. Most teachers in Nigeria are battling emotional distress, burnout, depression, and anxiety due to excess workload, which has affected their psychological well-being. This study assessed the sociodemographic and psychological well-being of primary school teachers in Enugu State, Nigeria.
This is a study with a cross-sectional design. The psychological well-being of 254 primary school teachers was assessed using a psychological well-being scale and a sociodemographic information inventory was also used to ascertain their personal information. The data collected were analyzed using chi-square, mean, standard deviation, and bivariate correlation statistics.
The results showed that the majority of primary school teachers experience unhealthy psychological well-being irrespective of age, gender, working status, qualification, and years of teaching experience. These teachers' sociodemographic variables are significantly correlated with psychological well-being. Only location is not significantly correlated with psychological well-being.
Therefore, this study concluded that primary school teachers' psychological well-being is not positive or healthy and is significantly related to their sociodemographic characteristics.
与其他职业相比，教学工作压力大、要求高，会加剧心理和相关障碍。由于工作量过大，尼日利亚的大多数教师都在与情绪困扰、倦怠、抑郁和焦虑作斗争，这影响了他们的心理健康。本研究评估了尼日利亚埃努古州小学教师的社会人口统计学和心理健康状况。
这是一项具有横断面设计的研究。使用心理幸福感量表评估了 254 名小学教师的心理幸福感，还使用社会人口统计学信息清单来确定他们的个人信息。使用卡方检验、平均值、标准差和双变量相关统计分析收集的数据。
结果表明，大多数小学教师经历了不健康的心理幸福感，无论年龄、性别、工作状态、资格和教学经验年限如何。这些教师的社会人口统计学变量与心理幸福感显著相关。只有地点与心理幸福感没有显著相关性。
因此，本研究得出结论，小学教师的心理健康状况不是积极或健康的，并且与他们的社会人口统计学特征显著相关。
