A Study On The Relationship Of Middle-school Teachers' Generativity, Social Support To Subjective Well-being

Objective:Consulting some research of generativity from other countries, and from the viewpoint of positive psychology, this study selected middle-school teachers as subjects, discussing the relationship of generativity, social support and subjective well-being, in order to definitude the mechanism of generativity's effect on well-being, and review social support's mediating effect on the relationship of generativity and subjective well-being.Methods:Using literature and questionnaire method, the author consults many relative documents, and investigated 348 middle-school teachers of Changsha, Xiangtan, Zhuzhou and Yueyang in Hunan with Loyola Generativity Scale(LGS), Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) and Positive Affect-Negative Affect Scale(PANAS-R). Finally, this study conducted statistical analysis by mean of SPSS11.5 for windows.Conclusion:(1) There are marriage differences in middle-school teachers'generativity; the married teachers'generativity score is significantly higher than that of the unmarried. And middle-school teachers'generativity has no significant differences on sex, age and having-children-or-not state.(2) There are age differences, marriage state differences and having-children-or-not state differences in middle-school teachers'life satisfaction, but there are no significant sex differences in it. The older teachers'life satisfaction score is significantly higher than that of the younger teachers, the married teachers'life satisfaction score is significantly higher than that of the unmarried, life satisfaction score of the teachers having children is significantly higher than that of the teachers having no children.(3)The middle-school teachers'positive affect and negative affect have no significant differences on sex, age, marriage and having-children-or-not state.(4) There are age differences, marriage state differences and having-children-or-not state differences in middle-school teachers'social support. The older teachers'social support score is significantly higher than that of the younger teacher, the married teachers'social support score is significantly higher than that of the unmarried, social support score of the teachers having children is significantly higher than that of the teachers having no children. There are no significant sex differences in middle-school teachers'social support.(5)Generativity has significant positive correlation with life satisfaction and positive affect as well as significant negative correlation with negative affect for the middle-school teachers. There is significant positive correlation between middle-school teachers'generativity and social support as well as the three dimensions of social support. There is significant positive correlation between middle-school teachers'social support and life satisfaction, positive affect. Middle-school teachers'social support has significant negative correlation with negative affect.(6)Middle-school teachers'generativity and social support can forecast their subjective well-being significantly. Social support as a mediator partly mediated the relationship between generativity and subjective well-being.