The effect of primary and middle school teachers’ problematic internet use and fear of covid-19 on psychological need thwarting of online teaching and psychological distress

Jian Yi, I. Hua Chen, Chung Ying Lin, Cheng Chieh Li, Xiao Ling Liao, Zhi Hui Wei, Jeffrey Hugh Gamble

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Problematic Internet use (PIU) is a risk factor for psychological distress during COVID-19, as teachers are a psychologically vulnerable population. We explored the role of PIU in terms of primary and middle school teachers’ fear of COVID-19 and psychological need thwarting (PNT) of online teaching. We empirically evaluated the relationships among these research variables in ex-plaining teachers’ psychological distress during COVID-19. Online survey data were collected from 9,030 teachers. A high proportion of participants demonstrated psychological distress: depression (20.4%), anxiety (26.4%), and stress (10.2%). Structural equation modeling was used to test our pro-posed conceptual model, wherein PIU behaviors served as predictors, mediated by fear of COVID-19 and PNT of online teaching, for teachers’ psychological distress. With ideal model fit, the results of the path coefficients indicated that PIU behaviors were associated with fear of COVID-19 (p < 0.001); fear of COVID-19 and PNT of online teaching were associated with psychological distress (p < 0.001); and fear of COVID-19 was also positively associated with PNT of online teaching (p < 0.001). PSU and PSMU had an indirect positive effect on psychological distress through the mediator of fear of COVID-19 and PNT of online teaching. As such, we suggest that school administrators pay greater attention to teachers’ psychological needs through efforts to enhance teachers’ autonomy and relatedness from interpersonal relationships, alleviating PNT of online teaching. Our PNT of online teaching scale may also serve as a contribution for further research and practice.

原文English
文章編號1199
期刊Healthcare (Switzerland)
9
發行號9
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2021 9月

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 健康資訊學
  • 健康政策
  • 健康資訊管理
  • 領導和管理

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