Personality,Social Support and Mental Health Status of Mathematics Teachers in Xi'an Area / 中国临床心理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the mental health status and related factors of middle school mathematics teachers under curriculum reformation in xi'an area.Methods: Teachers were selected by cluster sampling as all the teachers participating in mathematics teaching training.Questionnaires including Symptom Check list-90(SCL-90),center for epidemiological studies depression scale(CES-D),self-rating anxiety scale(SAS),Eysenck personality questionnaire EPQ and social support rating scale(SSRS) were used.Results: Teachers from rural middle schools got higher scores of SCL-90,CES-D,SAS,N,P than those from urban middle schools.Teachers from non-key middle schools got higher scores of SCL-90,CES-D,SAS,N,P than those from key middle schools.Teachers from urban middle schools got significantly higher scores of utilization of social support than those from rural middle schools.Teachers from key middle schools got significantly higher scores of utilization of social support than those from non-key middle schools.Conclusion: Mathematics teachers from rural and from urban areas have significantly difference scores of social support,mental health status and different personality.