The Relationship between Teachers' Mental Health and Interpersonal Climate of Their Universities
- VernacularTitle:高校人际气氛及其与教师心理健康状况的关系
- Author:
Zhaohui OU
;
Xiaofu PAN
;
Huilin HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
universities' interpersonal climate;
interpersonal climate survey;
teachers' mental health,;
correlation analysis;
cross-sectional study
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1991;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To study the relationship between an interpersonal climate of universities and teachers' mental health by self-made Scale of Interpersonal Climate (SIC).Methods:532 teachers from 16 universities all over the country were randomly chosen and assessed with SRHMS and SIC.Results: ①The better interpersonal climates of universities covered around 68.8% ; the most harmonious interpersonal relationships covered 72.4% ; worse interpersonal attitude, worse interpersonal interaction and worse interpersonal distance covered 44.5%,44.5% and 46.1% respectively ; the general feelings towards mental health of teachers in universities were better (the bad self-assessment、the medium self-assessment and better self-assessment are 9.0%,56.1% and 34.9% respectively ) . ② There was prominent positive correlation between universities' interpersonal climate and teachers' mental health(r=0.44). Meanwhile there was prominent negative correlation between negative emotion and interpersonal interaction, interpersonal harmony and interpersonal attitude(r=-0.25,-0.30,-0.30), but there was prominent positive correlation between negative emotion and interpersonal distance(r=0.24). ③ There was very distinct regression between interpersonal interaction and mental health, interpersonal harmony and mental health(?=0.28、0.22).Conclusions: The general feelings towards mental health of teachers in universities are better;There are close relationships between interpersonal climates of universities and teachers' mental health, and interpersonal interaction and interpersonal harmony play a brilliant role in mental health regression , they are the positive predictable factors to teachers' mental health.
