Subjective well-being and self-concept of elementary school teachers.

Abstract

Studied subjective well-being and self-concept of elementary school teachers. 301 elementary school teachers (aged 19–55 yrs) (115 males and 186 females) (education: 3 middle school graduates, 231 vocational school graduates, 62 college graduates, and 5 university graduates) in Zhejiang province, China, were investigated. The Delighted and Terrible Faces Scale (F. M. Andrews and S. B. Withey, 1976) and the Chinese revised Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS-C; B. Lin, Taiwan, 1978) were used. Subjective well-being was studied between males and females, between Ss from cities and countryside, and among Ss with high, middle, and low levels of self-concept according to the TSCS-C scores. The results show that subjective well-being in male teachers were better than in female teachers; and that the level of self-concept positively correlated to subjective well-being. The results indicate that in elementary school teachers, the higher the self-concept, the better the subjective well-being. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)