AUTHOR=Benevene Paula , Ittan Maya M. , Cortini Michela 

TITLE=Self-Esteem and Happiness as Predictors of School Teachers’ Health: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00933

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00933

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Background:</bold> A wealth of cross-sectional studies show consistent positive relationships between teachers’ happiness and self-esteem on one hand, and health, on the other, which calls for additional research in order to disentangle cause and effect between the two, and to find potential mediators.</p><p><bold>Aims:</bold> To investigate the mediating role played by job satisfaction between teachers’ happiness and self-esteem and their physical and mental health.</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> A questionnaire was administered, containing questions about participants’ background information and the following scales: the Job Satisfaction Survey, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Physical and Mental Health Scales (SF12), and the Ivens Scale in the Adapted Version for Teachers: School Children’s Happiness Inventory (SCHI). The participants were 300 primary and middle school teachers from the Indian State of Kerala.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> Job satisfaction fully mediates between both happiness and self-esteem, and health in teachers.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Work is a relevant domain to promote teachers’ happiness and self-esteem, and their health, through job satisfaction.</p>