Wei Changwu, Ye Jian-Hong
Dhurakij Pundit University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
College of Education and Music, Hezhou University, Hezhou 542899, China.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Nov 8;10(11):2234. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10112234.
UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 states that "Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development." The sustainable well-being of college teachers deserves attention. Currently, college teachers in China are facing enormous challenges and pressures, which may increase their emotional exhaustion (EE) and hinder the sustainable development of their well-being (WB). Therefore, this study examined Chinese college teachers' well-being in relation to their work-life balance (WLB) and EE. An online survey was conducted. The valid subjects included 586 college teachers (367 females, 62.6%). We assessed their WLB, EE, and WB. The results revealed that among the Chinese college teachers, (1) WLB was negatively correlated with EE, but positively correlated with WB; EE was negatively correlated with WB; (2) EE partially mediated the relationship between WLB and WB; and (3) College teachers who are male, class tutors, and in public colleges scored higher on EE and lower on WLB and WB than those who are female, non-class tutors, and in private colleges, respectively. The findings indicated that WLB is an important factor for the sustainable development of the well-being of college teachers, and special attention should be paid to college teachers who are male, class tutors, and in public colleges in China.
联合国可持续发展目标3指出：“确保健康生活，促进各年龄段的福祉，对可持续发展至关重要。”高校教师的可持续福祉值得关注。当前，中国高校教师面临着巨大的挑战和压力，这可能会增加他们的情绪衰竭程度，并阻碍其福祉的可持续发展。因此，本研究考察了中国高校教师的福祉与其工作生活平衡及情绪衰竭之间的关系。开展了一项在线调查。有效样本包括586名高校教师（367名女性，占62.6%）。我们评估了他们的工作生活平衡、情绪衰竭和福祉。结果显示，在中国高校教师中，（1）工作生活平衡与情绪衰竭呈负相关，但与福祉呈正相关；情绪衰竭与福祉呈负相关；（2）情绪衰竭部分中介了工作生活平衡与福祉之间的关系；（3）男性、班主任以及公立高校的教师在情绪衰竭方面得分较高，而在工作生活平衡和福祉方面得分分别低于女性、非班主任以及私立高校的教师。研究结果表明，工作生活平衡是高校教师福祉可持续发展的一个重要因素，对于中国男性、班主任以及公立高校的教师应给予特别关注。
