PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between psychosocial factors and psychological wellbeing of teachers in Benin Metropolis of Edo State, Nigeria. It specifically sought to find out to what extent job motivation, work environment and personality styles of teachers correlate with teachers’ psychological wellbeing in the study area. Four research questions were raised, research question one was answered while questions two to four were hypothesized and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a correlational survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the 1036 teachers in the public secondary schools in Benin Metropolis while multistage sampling procedure was used to select 240 teachers from the population. Four research instruments were adapted and used for data collection. They include the IPIP Big-Five Factors Markers by Goldberg (1992), for Personality style; Employee Survey Questionnaire by Kinne (2023), for work environment; Employee Motivation Questionnaire by Kinne (2023), for job motivation; and Ryff (1989) scale, for psychological wellbeing. The generated data was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between teachers’ psychological wellbeing and their job motivation. The findings also revealed that there is a significant relationship between the psychological wellbeing and work environment of teachers in Benin Metropolis of Edo State, Nigeria. The study further reveals that significant relationship personality styles of the teachers and their psychological will being. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that School Administrators should ensure healthy work environment for their teachers for improved wellbeing.