Spontaneity, Mindfulness and Workplace Stress of Elementary School's Teachers

• Main Authors: CHOU, HSIN-FU, 周新富
• Other Authors: LAI, CHIH-CHAO
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/c65vq5

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 應用外語系 === 106 === The purpose of study was to examine the relationships among spontaneity, mindfulness, and workplace stress of elementary school’s teachers. The research received 332 questionnaires for analysis. The instruments included (a) Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ), (b) Chinese Happiness Inventory (CHI), (c) Workplace Stress Inventory (WSI), (d) Teacher’s Sense of Pressure Inventory (TSPI), (e) Spontaneity Inventory (SI), (f) Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12), and (g) Chinese Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (CMAAS). The analysis use (a) Descriptive statistics, (b) Reliability and validity, (c) T TEST, (d) Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and (e) Structural Equation Modeling. The study used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to test the purposed research model. The results showed that spontaneity and mindfulness have significant influence on workplace stress which in turn strongly decreased Chinese Happiness and increased Common Mental Disorder involvement. Finally, the limitations and recommendations of the study were discussed for future research.