Features,Influencing Factors,and Development Trends of Mental Health Problems among Chinese Teachers
To clarify the basic situation of mental health issues among teachers in China and provide empirical evidence for future teacher policy formu-lation,this study drew on cross-sectional historical research methods and conduc-ted a meta-analysis of studies using the SCL-90 scale to measure anxiety,depres-sion,somatization,compulsion,paranoia,and hostility among Chinese teachers from 1998 to 2020.The results showed that:①From 1998 to 2020,the overall mental health problems of teachers in China.showed a slowly upward trend,with obsessive-compulsive problems consistently being more severe and somatization problems fluctuating significantly.② Female,preschool and high school,university level teachers,as well as teachers in the eastern and northeastern re-gions,had a more significant deterioration in their mental health.③ Macroscopic factors such as enrollment,gross domestic product,population size,natural growth rate,and registration of scientific and technological achievements had a certain impact on teachers'mental health issues.④It is predicted that the devel-opment trend of mental health problems among teachers in China would continue to rise slowly.Overall,we suggest that:building a monitoring system for teachers'mental health in the future is an inevitable choice;controlling risk factors for teachers'mental health is a key guarantee;and preventing the worsening trend of teachers'mental health problems is the core action.
Teacher GroupMental Health ProblemsCross-temporal Meta-analysisMeta-analysisTime-series Analysis