Study on Life Satisfaction and Mental Health Status of College and Primary School Teacher in Rural Areas of Bangladesh

Md. Mobarak Hossain; Kazi Imrul Kayesh; Mst. Jannatul Ferdous

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| Published: March 02, 2018

Study on Life Satisfaction and Mental Health Status of College and Primary School Teacher in Rural Areas of Bangladesh

Md. Mobarak Hossain

Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh Google Scholar More about the auther

, Kazi Imrul Kayesh

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh Google Scholar More about the auther

, Mst. Jannatul Ferdous

Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.047/20180601

DOI: 10.25215/0601.047

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted to measure the status of life satisfaction and mental health of college and primary school teacher in rural areas of Bangladesh. Four hundred samples were selected randomly from different areas of Bangladesh, which were equally divided into college teacher (200) and primary school teacher (200), and were again subdivided into male and female in equal numbers. In order to collect the information, Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985), and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) (Goldberg, 1972) were administered on the respondents. The obtained data were analyzed for Pearson Product Moment Correlation, One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and t-test. Results revealed that there was a significant mean difference (P< 0.01) in life satisfaction and mental health between college teacher and primary school teacher for both males and females. Results showed a significant (P<0.01) positive correlation between life satisfaction and mental health of college teacher and primary school teacher. The findings of this research would be helpful improve the psychological well-being of college teacher and primary school teacher

Keywords

Life satisfaction, Mental health, College, Primary school, Teacher, Bangladesh

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How to cite this article: Hossain M, Kayesh I & Ferdous (2018). Study on Life Satisfaction and Mental Health Status of College and Primary School Teacher in Rural Areas of Bangladesh. International Journal of Indian Psychology, Vol. 6, (1), DIP: 18.01.047/20180601, DOI: 10.25215/0601.047