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A Cross-National Comparison on Subjective Well-Being of Kindergarten Teachers: Hong Kong and Italy

Background: Teachers’ subjective well-being (SWB) has received much attention, in the light of the major increase in sick leave as well as job quitting among teachers across different cultures and countries. Studies on SWB of kindergarten teachers are still scarce, since most of the academic literat...

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Autores principales: Benevene, Paula, Wong, Yau Ho Paul, Fiorilli, Caterina, De Stasio, Simona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30631298
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02626
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author Benevene, Paula
Wong, Yau Ho Paul
Fiorilli, Caterina
De Stasio, Simona
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description Background: Teachers’ subjective well-being (SWB) has received much attention, in the light of the major increase in sick leave as well as job quitting among teachers across different cultures and countries. Studies on SWB of kindergarten teachers are still scarce, since most of the academic literature is focused on teachers of primary and secondary schools. Aims: The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare kindergarten teachers’ SWB in Hong Kong and Italy. Methods: 367 Hong Kong and 243 Italian kindergarten teachers completed a self-report questionnaire containing: the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and the General Health Questionnaires-12 (GHQ-12). The questionnaire collected also socio-demographics data. Results: Hierarchical regression analysis showed that country belonging plays the strongest predictive role on self-esteem and mental health. Moreover, the independent t-test showed higher levels of job satisfaction among Italian teachers, while Hong Kong teachers were more satisfied in pay and promotion, but less in supervision, operating condition, co-worker relationship, nature of work, and communication. Conclusion: Results are interpreted in the light of the differences between the two contexts considered, in terms of cultural values and educational systems.
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spelling pubmed-63151702019-01-10 A Cross-National Comparison on Subjective Well-Being of Kindergarten Teachers: Hong Kong and Italy Benevene, Paula Wong, Yau Ho Paul Fiorilli, Caterina De Stasio, Simona Front Psychol Psychology Background: Teachers’ subjective well-being (SWB) has received much attention, in the light of the major increase in sick leave as well as job quitting among teachers across different cultures and countries. Studies on SWB of kindergarten teachers are still scarce, since most of the academic literature is focused on teachers of primary and secondary schools. Aims: The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare kindergarten teachers’ SWB in Hong Kong and Italy. Methods: 367 Hong Kong and 243 Italian kindergarten teachers completed a self-report questionnaire containing: the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and the General Health Questionnaires-12 (GHQ-12). The questionnaire collected also socio-demographics data. Results: Hierarchical regression analysis showed that country belonging plays the strongest predictive role on self-esteem and mental health. Moreover, the independent t-test showed higher levels of job satisfaction among Italian teachers, while Hong Kong teachers were more satisfied in pay and promotion, but less in supervision, operating condition, co-worker relationship, nature of work, and communication. Conclusion: Results are interpreted in the light of the differences between the two contexts considered, in terms of cultural values and educational systems. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6315170/ /pubmed/30631298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02626 Text en Copyright © 2018 Benevene, Wong, Fiorilli and De Stasio. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Benevene, Paula
Wong, Yau Ho Paul
Fiorilli, Caterina
De Stasio, Simona
A Cross-National Comparison on Subjective Well-Being of Kindergarten Teachers: Hong Kong and Italy
title A Cross-National Comparison on Subjective Well-Being of Kindergarten Teachers: Hong Kong and Italy
title_full A Cross-National Comparison on Subjective Well-Being of Kindergarten Teachers: Hong Kong and Italy
title_fullStr A Cross-National Comparison on Subjective Well-Being of Kindergarten Teachers: Hong Kong and Italy
title_full_unstemmed A Cross-National Comparison on Subjective Well-Being of Kindergarten Teachers: Hong Kong and Italy
title_short A Cross-National Comparison on Subjective Well-Being of Kindergarten Teachers: Hong Kong and Italy
title_sort cross-national comparison on subjective well-being of kindergarten teachers: hong kong and italy
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30631298
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02626
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