Changes in mental health of new students at a teacher training university over 23 years : As measured by the UPI (University Personality Inventory)

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  • 教員養成系大学新入生の23年間にわたるメンタルヘルスの変化 : UPI(University Personality Inventory)の調査を通して
  • 教員養成系大学新入生の23年間にわたるメンタルヘルスの変化--UPI(University Personality Inoventory)の調査を通して
  • キョウイン ヨウセイケイ ダイガク シンニュウセイ ノ 23ネンカン ニ ワタル メンタル ヘルス ノ ヘンカ UPI University Personality Inoventory ノ チョウサ オ トオシテ

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The purpose of the present study was to examine for changes over time in the mental health of students at a teacher training university. Four thousand four hundred and thirty-five students (1775 men and 2660 women) who attended a teacher training university from 1984 to 2006 responded to surveys. The UPI (University Personality Inventory) survey form was used to examine university students' mental health. The results revealed no major changes over time in the UPI scores, and that students seeking to become teachers maintained good mental health. Moreover, students who found employment in the field of education had lower depression and distrust scores than other students. These results suggest that the mental health of students seeking to become teachers has not deteriorated over the past 23 years and that the mental health scores of students who gain employment in the field of education are high. It could thus be argued that teachers' mental health deterioration may be caused by significant deterioration in the school system and poor working conditions and not simply from changes in the teachers' nature.

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