A Comparative Study On Jilin Urban And Rural Middle School P.e. Teachers' Mental Health And Its Influencing Factors

With the fast development of social productivity and the improvement of people's material and cultural life, people are getting to know that a good health condition is not only a state without disease, but a perfect state of keeping well in body, mentality and social adaption. The teachers are endowed with many amiable names such as'gardener, mother and the engineer of human soul', all of which are affirmation to teachers'contribution. The mental health of teachers is not taken as important as the aureole of teachers, but it has a direct influence on the teaching efficiency and teaching quality and has the latent and important influence on the students'character. P.E. teachers with good strength are often wrongly taken as the healthy group, but in fact, a P.E. teacher is one of those who have the heaviest psychological stress. So, the research about P.E. teachers'mental health has an important signification.With the SCL-90 and P.E. teachers'mental health questionnaire, a research has been done on 512 P.E. teachers both in rural and urban junior middle schools in Changchun, Jilin, Tonghua and other cities or villages in Jilin Province. By using methods of literature, interview survey, questionnaire survey, statistical and logical analysis, this thesis mainly approaches P.E. teachers'mental health from different angles.The research shows that the general level of junior middle school P.E. teachers'mental health in Jilin province is lower than that of common people in our country. 29.7% of P.E. teachers have got obsession. And the general level of P.E. teachers'mental health in urban junior middle schools is higher than that of P.E. teachers in rural junior middle schools. The psychological problem of urban P.E. teachers is manifested mainly in obsession-compulsion and somatization, and the problem of rural P.E. teachers is manifested mainly in hostility and depression. The general level of P.E. teachers'mental health is not the same in different groups. The level of urban and rural 26-35-year-old P.E. teachers is the highest, and the level of urban P.E. teachers with associate degree is lower than that of rural P.E. teachers. The significant differences exist in obsession-compulsion, anxiety, phobia anxiety and depression in special.The conclusions this study are as follows:a.The general level of junior middle school P.E. teachers'mental health in Jilin province is lower than that of common people in our country.b.The general level of P.E. teachers'mental health in urban junior middle schools is higher than that of P.E. teachers in rural junior middle schools.c.The factors which influence urban P.E. teachers'mental health level are school, personal development and students. And the factors which influence rural P.E. teachers'mental health level are also school, the students and the personal development.d.There is a big difference between urban and rural P.E. teachers in working conditions, teaching facilities, educational background, welfare and remuneration and other aspects.With the comparison and analysis of the mental health level of urban and rural P.E. teachers in Jilin province, 4 suggestions are made in this thesis:a.Establishing a scientific education system, increasing education investment, and improving the treatment and status of P.E. teachers.b.Improving teacher evaluation and management system and creating an equal and democratic working environment for P.E. teachers.c.Raising awareness, enhancing our self-cultivation and developing a good interpersonal relationship with others.