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Assessing teachers' positive psychological functioning at work: Development and validation of the Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire

Renshaw, Tyler L., Long, Anna C. J., Cook, Clayton R.·2015·School Psychology Quarterly
DOI 10.1037/spq0000112
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This study reports on the initial development and validation of the Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (TSWQ) with 2 samples of educators-a general sample of 185 elementary and middle school teachers, and a target sample of 21 elementary school teachers experiencing classroom management challenges. The TSWQ is an 8-item self-report instrument for assessing teachers' subjective wellbeing, which is operationalized via subscales measuring school connectedness and teaching efficacy. The conceptualization and development processes underlying the TSWQ are described, and results from a series of preliminary psychometric and exploratory analyses are reported to establish initial construct validity. Findings indicated that the TSWQ was characterized by 2 conceptually sound latent factors, that both subscales and the composite scale demonstrated strong internal consistency, and that all scales demonstrated convergent validity with self-reported school supports and divergent validity with self-reported stress and emotional burnout. Furthermore, results indicated that TSWQ scores did not differ according to teachers' school level (i.e., elementary vs. middle), but that they did differ according to unique school environment (e.g., 1 middle school vs. another middle school) and teacher stressors (i.e., general teachers vs. teachers experiencing classroom management challenges). Results also indicated that, for teachers experiencing classroom challenges, the TSWQ had strong short-term predictive validity for psychological distress, accounting for approximately half of the variance in teacher stress and emotional burnout. Implications for theory, research, and the practice of school psychology are discussed.

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  • Both studies that applied questionnaires used two measurement points over one year.

    “Both studies that applied questionnaires (Aldrup et al., 2018;Renshaw et al., 2015) used two measurement points over one year.”

    From Teacher well-being: A systematic review of the research literature from the year 2000–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as Renshaw et al., 2015

  • Teacher well-being was shown to be relevant for teacher stress, teaching professional values, job satisfaction and social support, teacher negative affect, and burnout.

    “TWB was shown to be relevant for teacher stress (Renshaw et al., 2015;Vazi et al., 2013), teaching professional values, job satisfaction and social support (Tang et al., 2018), as well as for teacher negative affect (Vazi et al., 2013) and burnout (Renshaw et al., 2015).”

    From Teacher well-being: A systematic review of the research literature from the year 2000–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as Renshaw et al., 2015

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Authors
Renshaw, T. L., Long, A. C. J., & Cook, C. R.
Affiliations
  • Louisiana State University (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
ORCID
Venue
School Psychology Quarterly
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2015-06
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
289-306
ISSN
  • 1045-3830 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1560
DOI
10.1037/spq0000112
OpenAlex
W2048103825
Cited by
225
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 38 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2
FWCI
10.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • School Psychology Quarterly (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Civil War Book Review (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
Keywords
positive psychological functioning, school connectedness, teacher self-efficacy, teacher stress, burnout, psychological distress, primary school teachers, junior high school teachers, school environment, instrument development, construct validity
MeSH terms
School Teachers, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Occupational Health, Young Adult

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