The Relationship between Teacher Autonomy and Mental Health in Primary and Secondary School Teachers: The Chain-Mediating Role of Teaching Efficacy and Job Satisfaction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Teacher Autonomy and Mental Health
1.2. Mediating Role of Teaching Efficacy
1.3. Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction
1.4. Chain-Mediating Role of Teaching Efficacy and Job Satisfaction
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Teacher Autonomy
2.2.2. Mental Health
2.2.3. Teaching Efficacy
2.2.4. Job Satisfaction
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Common Method Bias
3.2. Descriptive Statistics and Correlation
3.3. Structural Model
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | M (SD) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.Teacher autonomy | 4.049 (0.599) | - | |||
2. Mental health | 5.500 (0.526) | 0.281 ** | - | ||
3. Teacher efficacy | 4.448 (0.664) | 0.482 ** | 0.418 ** | - | |
4. Job satisfaction | 4.961 (0.984) | 0.394 ** | 0.421 ** | 0.495 ** | - |
Pathway | Est | SE | Bias-Corrected 95% CI | ||
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Lower | Upper | p | |||
TA→TE→JS→MH | 0.093 | 0.019 | 0.056 | 0.129 | 0.000 |
TA→TE→MH | 0.171 | 0.068 | 0.068 | 0.274 | 0.001 |
TA→JS→MH | 0.055 | 0.024 | 0.007 | 0.104 | 0.023 |
Indirect | 0.319 | 0.044 | 0.233 | 0.405 | 0.000 |
Direct | −0.002 | 0.058 | −0.116 | 0.112 | 0.976 |
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Peng, Y.; Wu, H.; Guo, C. The Relationship between Teacher Autonomy and Mental Health in Primary and Secondary School Teachers: The Chain-Mediating Role of Teaching Efficacy and Job Satisfaction. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 15021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215021
Peng Y, Wu H, Guo C. The Relationship between Teacher Autonomy and Mental Health in Primary and Secondary School Teachers: The Chain-Mediating Role of Teaching Efficacy and Job Satisfaction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(22):15021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215021
Chicago/Turabian StylePeng, Yujue, Huimin Wu, and Cheng Guo. 2022. "The Relationship between Teacher Autonomy and Mental Health in Primary and Secondary School Teachers: The Chain-Mediating Role of Teaching Efficacy and Job Satisfaction" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 22: 15021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215021