title: Factors associated with psychiatric morbidity in Spanish schoolteachers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The relationship between psychiatric morbidity and characteristics of the work environment has been well-documented, and one of the professional groups in which psychiatric symptoms are most common is schoolteachers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study was designed to evaluate the association between psychiatric morbidity [measured with General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)-28 score] and workplace-, sociodemographic- and personality-related variables in schoolteachers.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 498 non-university teachers in the city of Granada (southern Spain) were studied with a questionnaire comprising items that covered work-related variables (work and professional variables, as well as job perceptions), sociodemographic characteristics of the teachers and personality, evaluated with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-125). The dependent variable was psychiatric morbidity, measured as scores >6 on the GHQ-28. Crude and adjusted odds ratios between each independent variable and psychiatric morbidity were obtained.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the adjusted analysis, psychiatric morbidity was associated with heavy workload, physical assault from pupils, low appraisal by superiors, low job satisfaction, high stress, female gender and (regarding personal characteristics) high scores for harm avoidance and novelty seeking and low scores for self-directedness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When personality characteristics are taken into account, the effect of workplace and sociodemographic variables was limited, although workload, poor job satisfaction and female sex remained associated with psychiatric morbidity.
authors: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. omoreno@ugr.es
authors: Obdulia
authors: O
authors: Moreno-Abril
authors: Juan de Dios
authors: Jde D
authors: Luna-del-Castillo
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Fernández-Molina
authors: Dolores
authors: D
authors: Jurado
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Gurpegui
authors: Pablo
authors: P
authors: Lardelli-Claret
authors: Ramón
authors: R
authors: Gálvez-Vargas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence; D016526:Workload