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https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.27.2022.66
MENTAL HEALTH AND POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO TEACHERS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Bisera Sofović
orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-2530
; JUKS Zavod za zdravstvenu zaštitu studenata Univerziteta u Sarajevu
Sažetak
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened people’s mental health in various
ways. Some authors consider it to be a kind of collective trauma, so
it is expected that some people are subject to processes that encourage
the so-called post-traumatic growth. The aim of this research was to examine
the mental health and post-traumatic growth of the University of
Sarajevo teachers, as they were faced with a changed way of working. A
total of 286 teachers, 181 female and 105 male, age 24-66 years, of all academic
titles, completed a questionnaire that included data on age, sex,
workplace, perception of changing work tasks, personal experience and
experience of close people related to getting sick with COVID-19. Mental
Health Inventory, MHI-5 and Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory were applied.
The results suggest that university teachers generally maintained
their mental health during the pandemic, especially men. Better mental
health is associated with a lower rate of post-traumatic growth. It seems
that, on average, university teachers have not experienced the pandemic
as a traumatic experience. Statistically significant growth was observed
in the area of perception of the value of life among teachers who estimated
that their work was changed significantly due to the pandemic.
No other significant differences were observed regarding the experience
of changing work tasks, the workplace and the experience of getting sick
with COVID-19. The correlation of mental health and post-traumatic
growth with age was also not statistically significant. Since mental health
risks exist even in the post-pandemic period, it seems important to pay
attention to the psychological well-being of female university teachers,
as well as those who perceive that their work tasks have changed significantly
due to the pandemic.
Ključne riječi
mental health; post-traumatic growth; COVID-19; university teachers
Hrčak ID:
293680
URI
Datum izdavanja:
8.2.2023.
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