Sense of coherence, occupational stressors, and mental health among Japanese high school teachers in Nagasaki prefecture: a multiple regression analysis

Table 1 Relationship between baseline characteristics and General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) scores (N = 370)

				GHQ-12 scores
		N	%	Mean	SD	p-value
Gender	Male	265	71.6	13.70	5.3	.294^a
Gender	Female	105	28.4	14.30	5.4
Age (years)	Mean ± SD	46.3 ± 10.4
	20s	30	8.1	15.30	4.8	.043^b
	30s	59	15.9	12.70	5.4
	40s	128	34.6	14.20	5.0
	50s	118	31.9	14.30	5.9
	60s	35	9.5	12.20	4.0
Employment status	Part-time	59	15.9	12.60	3.8	.042^a
Employment status	Permanent	311	84.1	14.10	5.5
School type	Public	288	77.8	13.80	5.2	.674^a
School type	Private	82	22.2	14.10	5.6
Manager	No	345	93.2	13.80	5.4	.177^a
Manager	Yes	25	6.8	15.00	4.3
Engaged as club advisor	No	67	18.1	13.80	5.4	.555^a
Engaged as club advisor	Yes	303	81.9	14.20	4.9
Engaged as homeroom teacher	No	196	53.0	14.30	5.7	.216^a
Engaged as homeroom teacher	Yes	174	47.0	13.60	5.0
Weekday working hours (minutes)	Mean ± SD	705.4 ± 77.0
Job social support	Mean ± SD	18.7 ± 3.6
SOC-13 score	Mean ± SD	60.1 ± 11.5
GHQ-12 score	Mean ± SD	13.9 ± 5.3

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