Psychological Well-being among Primary and Higher Secondary School Teachers

Abstract

The present study to the psychological well-being among primary and higher secondary school teachers. It also aimed to check psychological well-being with reference to types of school teachers and gender. The Psychological well-being Scale (PWBS) prepared by Dr. Devendera Singh Sisodia and Ms. Pooja Chaudhary (2012) was used. The sample constituted total 120 school teachers out of which 60 were from primary school teachers (30 male and 30 female) and 60 from higher secondary school teachers (30 male and 30 female). The data was collected from various schools of Gujarat State. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that (1) There is no significant difference between the mean score of the psychological well-being among primary and higher secondary school teachers. Therefore it could be said that, the primary school teachers is having good psychological well-being than higher secondary school teachers, (2) There is no significant difference between the mean score of the psychological well-being among male and female school teachers and (3) There is no significant difference between interactive effect of the mean score of the psychological well-being among types of school teachers and gender.