Job Satisfaction Goes a Long Way: The Mediating Role of Teaching Satisfaction in the Relationship between Role Stress and Indices of Psychological Well-Being in the Time of COVID-19
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Ethics
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
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- RA was positively associated with depression (β = 0.26, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.20, 0.36]) and anxiety (β = 0.29, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.17, 0.33]) and negatively associated with life satisfaction (β = −0.29, p < 0.001, 95% CI [−0.36, −0.20]).
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- RC was positively associated with depression (β = 0.17, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.09, 0.24]) and anxiety (β = 0.22, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.13, 0.30]).
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- Teaching satisfaction was negatively associated with depression (β = −0.24, p < 0.001, 95% CI [−0.33, −0.16]) and anxiety (β = −0.21, p < 0.001, 95% CI [−0.30, −0.11]) and positively associated with life satisfaction (β = 0.35, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.26, 0.44]).
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- Teaching satisfaction mediated the relationship between RC on the one hand and anxiety (β = 0.04, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.02, 0.07]), depression (β = 0.04, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.02, 0.07]) and life satisfaction (β = −0.06, p < 0.001, 95% CI [−0.10, −0.03]) on the other hand.
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- Teaching satisfaction mediated the relationship between RA on the one hand and anxiety (β = 0.08, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.05, 0.12]), depression (β = 0.09, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.06, 0.13]) and life satisfaction (β = −0.13, p < 0.001, 95% CI [−0.18, −0.09]) on the other hand.
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable and Indices | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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1. Role conflict | — | |||||
2. Role ambiguity | 0.04 | — | ||||
3. Depression | 0.23 *** | 0.38 *** | — | |||
4. Anxiety | 0.27 *** | 0.34 *** | 0.74 *** | — | ||
5. Life satisfaction | −0.09 | −0.42 *** | −0.55 *** | −0.52 *** | — | |
6. Teaching satisfaction | −0.19 *** | −0.38 *** | −0.38 *** | −0.35 *** | 0.46 *** | — |
Mean | 30.4 | 14.7 | 22.0 | 44.9 | 21.9 | 17.3 |
SD | 8.2 | 5.7 | 12.2 | 10.3 | 7.3 | 4.7 |
Alpha | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.87 |
Omega | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.87 |
Effect | Beta | SE | β | 95% CI | p |
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Direct Effects | |||||
Role conflict → anxiety | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.22 | [0.13, 0.30] | 0.001 |
Role conflict → depression | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.17 | [0.09, 0.24] | 0.001 |
Role conflict → life satisfaction | −0.01 | 0.04 | −0.02 | [−0.09, 0.07] | 0.792 |
Role ambiguity → anxiety | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.26 | [0.17, 0.33] | 0.001 |
Role ambiguity → depression | 0.62 | 0.10 | 0.29 | [0.20, 0.36] | 0.001 |
Role ambiguity → life satisfaction | −0.37 | 0.06 | −0.29 | [−0.36, −0.20] | 0.001 |
Role conflict → teaching satisfaction | −0.10 | 0.03 | −0.18 | [−0.26, −0.09] | 0.001 |
Role ambiguity → teaching satisfaction | −0.31 | 0.05 | −0.37 | [−0.46, −0.27] | 0.001 |
Teaching satisfaction → anxiety | −0.47 | 0.13 | −0.21 | [−0.30, −0.11] | 0.001 |
Teaching satisfaction → depression | −0.64 | 0.14 | −0.24 | [−0.33, −0.16] | 0.001 |
Teaching satisfaction → life satisfaction | 0.54 | 0.09 | 0.35 | [0.26, 0.44] | 0.001 |
Indirect Effects | |||||
Role conflict → teaching satisfaction → anxiety | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 | [0.02, 0.07] | 0.001 |
Role conflict → teaching satisfaction → depression | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | [0.02, 0.07] | 0.001 |
Role conflict → teaching satisfaction → life satisfaction | −0.05 | 0.02 | −0.06 | [−0.10, −0.03] | 0.001 |
Role ambiguity → teaching satisfaction → anxiety | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.08 | [0.05, 0.12] | 0.001 |
Role ambiguity → teaching satisfaction → depression | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.09 | [0.06, 0.13] | 0.001 |
Role ambiguity → teaching satisfaction → life satisfaction | −0.17 | 0.04 | −0.13 | [−0.18, −0.09] | 0.001 |
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Padmanabhanunni, A.; Pretorius, T.B. Job Satisfaction Goes a Long Way: The Mediating Role of Teaching Satisfaction in the Relationship between Role Stress and Indices of Psychological Well-Being in the Time of COVID-19. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 17071. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417071
Padmanabhanunni A, Pretorius TB. Job Satisfaction Goes a Long Way: The Mediating Role of Teaching Satisfaction in the Relationship between Role Stress and Indices of Psychological Well-Being in the Time of COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(24):17071. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417071
Chicago/Turabian StylePadmanabhanunni, Anita, and Tyrone Brian Pretorius. 2022. "Job Satisfaction Goes a Long Way: The Mediating Role of Teaching Satisfaction in the Relationship between Role Stress and Indices of Psychological Well-Being in the Time of COVID-19" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 24: 17071. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417071