Teacher Well-Being: Exploring Its Components and a Practice-Oriented Scale. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Collie, Rebecca J.; Shapka, Jennifer D.; Perry, Nancy E.; Martin, Andrew J.
• Is Part Of: Journal of psychoeducational assessment. Volume 33:Number 8(2015)
• Page Start: 744
• Page End: 756
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: teacher well-being -- measurement -- validation -- stress -- job satisfaction -- Canada; Ability -- Testing -- Periodicals; Educational tests and measurements -- Periodicals; 371.713
• DOI: 10.1177/0734282915587990
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0734-2829

Abstract

This study examined the psychometric properties of the Teacher Well-Being Scale, which assesses three factors of teachers' work-related well-being: workload, organizational, and student interaction well-being. With a sample of Canadian teachers, results confirmed the reliability, approximate normality, and factor structure of the scale; provided support for a higher order factor of teacher well-being; showed the instrument functioned similarly across different sociodemographic subgroups; and demonstrated the well-being factors were related as expected with external constructs of teacher stress, job satisfaction, and general well-being. Combined, these analyses provide support for the use of the instrument as an assessment of teacher well-being and evidence of the importance of teacher well-being for other teacher outcomes. Implications for research and practice are discussed.