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Role of Quality of Work Life in Predicting Mental Health of Higher Secondary School Teachers


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In the current competitive work environment, improving the mental health of individuals is a major challenge. Teachers having positive mental health are important assets for any country. They play an important role in nurturing and inculcating the proper values in students. Maintaining the good mental health of an individual at the workplace is a crucial issue for the development of individuals. Improving the quality of work life may play important role in enhancing and balancing positive mental health. The present study was conducted on 190 school teachers working in different schools to examine the role of quality of work life in the mental health of school teachers. Obtained data were analyzed by using correlational analysis, stepwise multiple regression analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis. The results of correlation coefficients indicate that general well-being, home-work interface, job-career satisfaction, control at work, working conditions and overall quality of work life were found significantly positively correlated with mental health. Stress at work was found significantly negatively correlated with mental health. Results of stepwise multiple regression analysis reveals that job career satisfaction, control at work, stress at work, and general well-being (dimensions of quality of work life) were emerged as significant predictors of mental health. Job career satisfaction, control at work, and general well-being were also found significantly positively associated with mental health. Stress at work was found significantly negatively associated with mental health. The results of hierarchical regression analysis also indicate that the overall quality of work life was significantly positively associated with mental health. It can be concluded from the obtained results that quality of work life is essential for school teachers because it plays a significant role in enhancing the mental health of school teachers which in turn may influence their performance.

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Quality of Work Life, Home-Work Interface, Positive Mental Health.
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Amish
Department of Psychology, Feroze Gandhi College, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alok Pratap Singh
Department of Psychology, Feroze Gandhi College, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


In the current competitive work environment, improving the mental health of individuals is a major challenge. Teachers having positive mental health are important assets for any country. They play an important role in nurturing and inculcating the proper values in students. Maintaining the good mental health of an individual at the workplace is a crucial issue for the development of individuals. Improving the quality of work life may play important role in enhancing and balancing positive mental health. The present study was conducted on 190 school teachers working in different schools to examine the role of quality of work life in the mental health of school teachers. Obtained data were analyzed by using correlational analysis, stepwise multiple regression analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis. The results of correlation coefficients indicate that general well-being, home-work interface, job-career satisfaction, control at work, working conditions and overall quality of work life were found significantly positively correlated with mental health. Stress at work was found significantly negatively correlated with mental health. Results of stepwise multiple regression analysis reveals that job career satisfaction, control at work, stress at work, and general well-being (dimensions of quality of work life) were emerged as significant predictors of mental health. Job career satisfaction, control at work, and general well-being were also found significantly positively associated with mental health. Stress at work was found significantly negatively associated with mental health. The results of hierarchical regression analysis also indicate that the overall quality of work life was significantly positively associated with mental health. It can be concluded from the obtained results that quality of work life is essential for school teachers because it plays a significant role in enhancing the mental health of school teachers which in turn may influence their performance.

Keywords


Quality of Work Life, Home-Work Interface, Positive Mental Health.

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