Subjective Well-Being Among Elementary School Teachers
and its Related Factors: Taking Guangdong Province as an
Example
Volume 5 - Issue 2
Hou Yongmei* and Wei Lisha Zheng Que
- Department of Psychology, School of Humanity and Administration, Guangdong Medical University, China
Received: April 20, 2021; Published:April 29, 2021
Corresponding author:Hou Yongmei, Department of Psychology, School of Humanity and Administration, Guangdong Medical
University, China
DOI: 10.32474/SJPBS.2021.05.000207
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Abstract
Objective: To explore the status of subjective well-being of elementary school teachers in Guangdong Province, China, and
analyze its related factors.
Method: Totally 1283 elementary school teachers (552 males, 731 females) were selected by Stratified Random sampling from
5 cities in Guangdong Province. They were assessed with satisfaction with life scale (SLS), Affect Scale: Positive Affect, Negative
Affect, Affect Balance (AS), Test of Teaeher Competeney (TTC), Social Support Rating scale (SSRS) and a self-edited questionnaire
on the general personal information.
Results: The total score of SLS, AS, SWB, TTC and SSRS were (20.44±6.42), (3.46±1.70), (-0.05±2.19), (3.73±0.61) and
(33.71±5.52), respectively. The scores of the 9 diagnostic subscales of TTC were all above 3.50, and the score of Lie subscale was
(1.87±0.43). Multivariable linear regression showed that the following 10 factors such as education, Personnel arrangement
category, professional title, conditions of work, career development prospect, annual income, self-study, health, the total score of
TTC and SSRS were positively associated with the score of SWB (β=.219~.780, P=.019~<.001, P < 0.05), the following 5 factors
such as sex, head teacher, teaching subjects, marital status and administrative post were negatively associated with the score of SWB
(β=-.149~-.413, all P < 0.05).
Conclusion: It is suggested that the subjective well-being of elementary school teachers is on the low side. Career identity and
development, as well as life condition may be the related factors of elementary school teachers’ subjective well-being.
Keywords: Elementary School Teachers; Subjective Well-Being; Related Factors; Multivariable Stepwise Linear Regression.
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