Job satisfaction goes a long way: The mediating role of teaching satisfaction in the relationship between role stress and indices of psychological well-being in the time of Covid-19
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Date
2022
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MDPI
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures has resulted in drastic changes
in the educational landscape. Teachers had to rapidly adapt to shifts in their work-related roles
and responsibilities. This situation likely led to role stress and affected the levels of job satisfaction,
mental health and general life satisfaction. In this study, we examined the role of teachers’ job
satisfaction in the relationship between role stress and indices of psychological well-being. The
participants were South African school teachers (N = 355) who completed the Role Orientation
Questionnaire, the Teaching Satisfaction Scale, the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression
Scale, the trait scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. In
addition to descriptive statistics and correlations, path analysis was performed to determine the
mediating role of teaching satisfaction. Increased levels of teaching satisfaction were associated
with decreased levels of depression and anxiety and increased levels of life satisfaction. Teaching
satisfaction also mediated the relationship between role conflict, as well as role ambiguity and
anxiety. The results indicated that teaching satisfaction is a critical protective factor for teachers.
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Keywords
Public health, Covid-19, Anxiety, Depression, Psychology
Citation
Padmanabhanunni, A., & Pretorius, T. B. (2022). Job satisfaction goes a long way: The mediating role of teaching satisfaction in the relationship between role stress and indices of psychological well-being in the time of Covid-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 17071. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417071