The Effect of Work Stress on the Well-Being of Primary and Secondary School Teachers in China

Jingyi Liao, Xin-Qiang Wang () and Xiang Wang ()
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Jingyi Liao: Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, China
Xin-Qiang Wang: Center of Mental Health Education and Research, School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
Xiang Wang: Medical Psychological Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: Primary and secondary school teachers face increasing work stress, and more attention needs to be paid to their well-being. The present study was conducted to analyze the influence of work stress on the well-being of such teachers in China, and to explore the effects of family–work conflict and a self-transcendent meaning of life. A total of 562 primary and secondary school teachers completed questionnaires assessing work stress, family–work conflict, and a self-transcendent meaning of life (including grasping the meaning of failure and detachment from success or failure) as potential predictors of well-being. Work stress negatively predicted teachers’ well-being; family–work conflict mediated this relationship and a self-transcendent meaning of life moderated it. The results of this study can be used as a reference for education departments seeking to intervene to prevent teachers from developing well-being problems from the perspective of a self-transcendent meaning of life.

Keywords: primary and secondary school teachers; well-being; work stress; family–work conflict; self-transcendence meaning of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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