The association of the spiritual health and psychological well-being of teachers with their organizational commitment

BMC Psychol. 2022 Mar 5;10(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00768-x.

Abstract

Background: In line with the significance of organizational commitment, the question arises "Do spiritual health and psychological well-being optimize teachers' organizational commitment?" The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between spiritual health, psychological well-being and the organizational commitment of high school teachers.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which, 346 teachers in Tehran high schools participated through multi-stage sampling. The data were collected using Ryff Psychological Well-being Questionnaire (1989), Spiritual Health Questionnaire in Iranian Society (2014) and Organizational Commitment scale of Allen and Meyer (1990), and their relationships were assessed.

Results: Psychological well-being and spiritual health had positive and significant relationship with teachers' organizational commitment. Furthermore, approximately 50% of variations in organizational commitment subscales could be explained by the variables of spiritual health and psychological well-being.

Conclusion: Psychological well-being and spiritual health can predict organizational commitment as the dependent variable among high school teachers.

Keywords: Organizational commitment; Psychological well-being; Spiritual health; Teacher.

MeSH terms

  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Humans
  • Iran
  • School Teachers*
  • Schools*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires