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- Title
Lifestyle and work-related correlates of psychosocial health among Australian teachers: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Corbett, Lucy; Bauman, Adrian; Peralta, Louisa R.; Okely, Anthony D.; Phongsavan, Philayrath
- Abstract
Aim: This study examined the psychosocial (psychological distress, job-specific wellbeing, burnout) health of a large sample of teachers in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, specifically the association between psychosocial health, work-related factors, and lifestyle behaviours. Subject & methods: An online survey collected lifestyle behaviours, work-related factors, and socio-demographics from primary and secondary school teachers in NSW from February to October 2021. Associations between work-related factors, lifestyle behaviours, and psychosocial health were modelled using logistic regression in R and adjusted for gender, age, and geographic location. Results: In our sample (n = 1136), 75% were women and 28% of the sample worked in rural or remote areas. Women reported higher levels of psychological distress (51%), compared with men (42%), and over 30% of teachers reported high levels of burnout. Teachers who engaged in three or more positive health-related behaviours had lower odds of psychological distress and burnout as well as higher odds of job-specific wellbeing. Multiple work-related factors such as hours worked, teaching load, teaching experience, teacher type, and teacher role were associated with one or more aspects of psychosocial health after adjusting for socio-demographic variables. Conclusion: More is needed to support the psychosocial health of teachers in NSW. Future lifestyle programs for this population should include psychosocial outcomes to further explore the relationship between teachers' health-related behaviour and their psychosocial health.
- Subjects
NEW South Wales; LIFESTYLES; CROSS-sectional method; PSYCHOLOGY of teachers; MENTAL health; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout; OCCUPATIONAL roles; BODY mass index; RESEARCH funding; WORK environment; QUESTIONNAIRES; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SEX distribution; SMOKING; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; WORK experience (Employment); HEALTH behavior; FOOD habits; SLEEP; DATA analysis software; CONFIDENCE intervals; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; ALCOHOL drinking; WELL-being; EMPLOYEES' workload; PHYSICAL activity
- Publication
Journal of Public Health (09431853), 2024, Vol 32, Issue 6, p999
- ISSN
0943-1853
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10389-023-01874-9