AUTHOR=Yetkin Tekin Ayşegül , Karadağ Hekim 

TITLE=Moderator role of Type D personality traits between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction among teachers

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1402422

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2024.1402422

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1"><title>Background</title><p>Type D personality is characterized by negative affect (NA) and social suppression (SI). It has been indicated Type D personality is associated with depression, anxiety, and burnout. Depressive complaints and social inhibition negatively affect job satisfaction. The aim of this study is to investigate the moderating role of Type D personality structure between the severity of depressive complaints and job satisfaction in teachers.</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>Methods</title><p>939 teachers, who constitute the sample of the study, completed the sociodemographic form, Type D personality scale (DS-14), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Minnesota Satisfaction Scale Short Form with an online survey.</p></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>Results</title><p>While a negative relationship was found between teachers’ NA scores and their intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction (<italic>r</italic> = −0.28 and <italic>r</italic> = −0.19, respectively), a negative relationship was detected between SI scores and intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction (<italic>r</italic> = −0.22 and <italic>r</italic> = −0.21, respectively). NA and SI had partial moderating roles in the relationship between BDI score and intrinsic job satisfaction. SI played a partial moderating role in the relationship between BDI and extrinsic job satisfaction.</p></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>Conclusion</title><p>It can be said Type D personality traits has a moderating role between the severity of teachers’ depressive complaints and job satisfaction.</p></sec>