Kaur Navneet, Behere Nilam S, Kulkarni Anjali S
Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Research Scientist, Public Health Foundation of India, Delhi, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2023 Apr;65(4):424-430. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_433_22. Epub 2023 Apr 11.
Understanding the significance of adolescents' mental health, school-based mental health interventions are being implemented with the help of teachers globally.
Owing to the dearth of literature concerning the beliefs, and stigma among the teachers, the present study was conducted with an aim to study the mental health beliefs among teachers.
This is a cross-sectional study conducted among randomly selected teachers teaching in government and private schools of Sikar city of Rajasthan. A general sociodemographic questionnaire, Beliefs Towards Mental Illness Scale, and a questionnaire about prior exposure to mental health issues was administered. Stata 15.0 was used for statistical analysis, and independent -test and one-way analysis of variance test were applied to find out associations.
Majority of the participants were in age group of 31-40 years, married, and postgraduate. The mean Beliefs Towards Mental Illness Scale score of 147 teachers was 49.95 ± 17.34 of 105. Only 2% of the study participants have ever received training related to mental health issues. Teachers who had prior exposure to mental health issues, residing in semi-urban and urban areas showed more positive beliefs.
Study participants have displayed negative beliefs toward mental health. This brings to light the important interventions like creating knowledge and awareness among the study population by conducting trainings. More research is needed to explore the mental health beliefs among the teachers.
为了理解青少年心理健康的重要性，全球范围内正在借助教师开展基于学校的心理健康干预措施。
由于缺乏关于教师的信念和污名化的文献，本研究旨在探讨教师的心理健康信念。
这是一项横断面研究，在拉贾斯坦邦锡卡尔市公立和私立学校随机抽取的教师中进行。发放了一份一般社会人口学问卷、心理健康疾病信念量表以及一份关于先前接触心理健康问题的问卷。使用Stata 15.0进行统计分析，并应用独立样本t检验和单因素方差分析来找出关联。
大多数参与者年龄在31 - 40岁之间，已婚，拥有研究生学历。147名教师的心理健康疾病信念量表平均得分在满分105分中为49.95 ± 17.34分。只有2%的研究参与者曾接受过与心理健康问题相关的培训。有过心理健康问题接触史、居住在半城市和城市地区的教师表现出更积极的信念。
研究参与者对心理健康表现出负面信念。这凸显了通过开展培训在研究人群中创造知识和提高意识等重要干预措施的必要性。需要更多研究来探索教师中的心理健康信念。
