title: [Occupational mental health and job satisfaction in university teachers in Shenyang, China].
abstract: Objective:To investigate the current status of occupational mental health and job satisfaction in university teachers in Shenyang, China and related influencing factors.Methods:A total of 1500 teachers from 6 universities in Shenyang were randomly selected as study subjects from November 2013 to January 2014. Self-administered questionnaires were used to investigate mental health, including effort-reward imbalance questionnaire, Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, Center for Epidemiological Survey-Depression Scale, and Psychological Capital Questionnaire.Results:Of all teachers, 58.9% had depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms in university teachers were negatively correlated with the scores of psychological capital, supervisory commitment, and perceived organizational support (r=-0.461, -0.306, and -0.366, allP<0.01) and were positively correlated with the score of occupational stress (r=0.414,P<0.01) . Job satisfaction was positively correlated with psychological capital, perceived organizational support, and supervisory commitment (r=0.650, 0.715, and 0.636, allP<0.01) and negatively correlated with occupational stress (r=-0.475,P<0.01) . The direct effects of occupational stress, perceived organizational support, and supervisory commitment on job satisfaction were -0.30, 0.26, and 0.14, respectively, and their indirect effects were -0.0176, 0.0656, and 0.0368, respectively. The direct effects of occupational stress, perceived organizational support, and supervisory commitment on depressive symptoms were 0.20, -0.08, and -0.05, respectively, and their indirect effects was 0.033, -0.123, and -0.069, respectively.Conclusion:Occupational mental health is closely associated with job satisfaction in university teachers in Shenyang, and psychological capital has a mediating effect on perceived organizational support, supervisory commitment, occupational stress, job satisfaction, and depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005178:Faculty / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities
keywords: Depression; Job satisfaction; Psychological capital; University teachers