Affiliation:
1. School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
2. School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Abstract
Teachers’ well-being at work is an important indicator of their mental health. Strengths use has been identified as a significant predictor of enhanced well-being at work. However, there is a scarcity of studies that have examined the connection between teachers’ strengths use and well-being at work; thus, its underlying psychological mechanism is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the association between teachers’ strengths and well-being at work together with the mediating role of basic need satisfaction. A total of 374 university teachers completed a series of questionnaires on strengths use, basic need satisfaction, hedonic well-being, and eudaimonic well-being. The results showed that there were positive correlations between strength use and both types of well-being at work. Moreover, basic need satisfaction mediated the association between strength use and two types of well-being at work. The findings suggest that institutions should prioritize enhancing teachers’ ability to utilize their strengths and foster an environment conducive to such practices, thereby improving their workplace well-being.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi
Graduate Students’ Degree and Graduate Education Research Program of Shaanxi Province
Graduate Students’ Ideological and Political Education Research Program of Shaanxi Normal University
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,General Psychology,Genetics,Development,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics