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. 2018 Jul 17:9:933.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00933. eCollection 2018.

Self-Esteem and Happiness as Predictors of School Teachers' Health: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

Paula Benevene  1 , Maya M Ittan  2 , Michela Cortini  3
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Self-Esteem and Happiness as Predictors of School Teachers' Health: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

Paula Benevene et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Background: A wealth of cross-sectional studies show consistent positive relationships between teachers' happiness and self-esteem on one hand, and health, on the other, which calls for additional research in order to disentangle cause and effect between the two, and to find potential mediators. Aims: To investigate the mediating role played by job satisfaction between teachers' happiness and self-esteem and their physical and mental health. Methods: A questionnaire was administered, containing questions about participants' background information and the following scales: the Job Satisfaction Survey, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Physical and Mental Health Scales (SF12), and the Ivens Scale in the Adapted Version for Teachers: School Children's Happiness Inventory (SCHI). The participants were 300 primary and middle school teachers from the Indian State of Kerala. Results: Job satisfaction fully mediates between both happiness and self-esteem, and health in teachers. Conclusion: Work is a relevant domain to promote teachers' happiness and self-esteem, and their health, through job satisfaction.

Keywords: happiness; health; job satisfaction; self-esteem; subjective well-being; teachers.

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Indirect effect of happiness on health through job satisfaction; ∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01; ∗∗∗p < 0.001.
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Indirect effect of self-esteem on health through job satisfaction; ∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01; ∗∗∗p < 0.001.
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