Mental Health of Special School Teachers

Poonam Poonam,Dr Shashi Malik Dr Shashi Malik

doi:10.25215/0302.015

Abstract

The present study was carried out with the main aim of studying and comparing of mental health of special school teachers. The data was collected by using Mental Health Inventory (MHI) constructed and standardized by Jagdish and Srivastava (1984) with the help of purposive random cluster sampling from South Delhi. Mean, S.D., and t-values were calculated for different dimensions and over all mental health between male and female special school teachers. The findings of the research revealed that overall average mental health of special education teachers is poor. Male special school teachers were found to have better mental health than female special school teachers in terms of Positive self evaluation, Autonomy, Group oriented attitude and Environment competence. While with regards to the dimension: Perception of reality and Integration of personality Female special school teacher were found to have better health than male special school teachers.

Highlights

The present study was carried out with the main aim of studying and comparing of mental health of special school teachers
Tools Mental Health Inventory: Mental Health Inventory, a self-reporting scale, developed by Jagdish and Srivastava (1984) was used to assess mental health of special school teachers. It consists of 55 items on a 4 point scale and measures mental health in 6 different areas is: are Positive self evaluation (PSE), Perception of Reality (PR), Integration of Personality (IP), Autonomy (AUTO), Group Oriented Attitudes (GOA), Environmental Mastery (EM)
Findings of the study reveals that male and female special school teachers were found to be significantly different with respect to mental health dimensions: Positive self evaluation, autonomy and environment competence

Summary

OBJECTIVE

To study the mental health of special education teachers, Hypotheses There would be a significant difference in male and female special school teachers on the measure of overall mental health and its dimensions. Tools Mental Health Inventory: Mental Health Inventory , a self-reporting scale, developed by Jagdish and Srivastava (1984) was used to assess mental health of special school teachers. It consists of 55 items on a 4 point scale and measures mental health in 6 different areas is: are Positive self evaluation (PSE), Perception of Reality (PR), Integration of Personality (IP), Autonomy (AUTO), Group Oriented Attitudes (GOA), Environmental Mastery (EM). Overall Mental Health of Special School Teachers: Table 1. Mean & S.D. of Mental Health dimensions of Special School Teachers

Female Male

Findings

CONCLUSION