Psychological Distress, Job Satisfaction and Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Study with a Sample of Palestinian Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Pepe, Alessandro; Addimando, Loredana; Dagdukee, Jamal; Veronese, Guido
Titel	Psychological Distress, Job Satisfaction and Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Study with a Sample of Palestinian Teachers
Quelle	In: Educational Studies, 47 (2021) 3, S.275-291 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pepe, Alessandro) ORCID (Veronese, Guido)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-5698
DOI	10.1080/03055698.2019.1701990
Schlagwörter	Semitic Languages; Job Satisfaction; Correlation; Emotional Disturbances; Elementary School Teachers; Case Studies; Secondary School Teachers; Structural Equation Models; Foreign Countries; Health; Questionnaires; Measures (Individuals); School Policy; Work Environment; Palestine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Korrelation; Gefühlsstörung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Gesundheit; Fragebogen; Messdaten; Schulpolitik; Arbeitsmilieu; Palästina
Abstract	The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between psychological distress and job satisfaction in a sample of Palestinian in-service primary and lower secondary teachers (N = 380). Specifically, we cross-sectionally tested the hypothesis that the association between teachers' job satisfaction and psychological distress would be fully mediated by their levels of work engagement. Participants completed the Arabic versions of the "Teacher Job Satisfaction Scale" (TJSS-9), "General Health Questionnaire" (GHQ-12) and "Utrecht Work Engagement" Short-form scale (UWE-SF). As is conventional in mediation studies, the data were analysed using structural equation modelling and decomposition of direct and indirect effects. The moderate positive relationship identified between job satisfaction and psychological distress was fully mediated by work engagement (F = 17.05, p < 0.001, R[superscript 2] = 0.16). This finding suggests that in order to reduce the effect of low job satisfaction on teachers' psychological distress, organisational policies and practices should include a focus on enhancing their level of engagement. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01