TITLE:
Japanese University Teachers’ Depression Status and Its Influence Factors
AUTHORS:
Mika Kataoka, Kazuhiro Ozawa, Tetsuya Tanioka, Toyohiko Kodama, Yuko Tamura, Beth King
KEYWORDS:
Depression, University Teachers, Mental Health, Japan
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Psychiatry,
Vol.7 No.3,
July
27,
2017
ABSTRACT: Risk factors of the depression are the occupational stress. The mental health
condition of university teachers who participate in the socialization of diverse
students is an important issue; however, there are few studies on depression
among university teachers. The purpose of this study is to clarify Japanese
university teachers’ depression status assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and its influence factors: Japanese university teachers’ depression
status depression status, personal background, job situation, social support,
and stress coping behavior. The self-administered questionnaire survey was
mailed to 924 university teachers in Japan, with a survey return rate of 43.8%
(N = 405). A total of 342 surveys were completed and valid. The Patient
Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social
Support (MSPSS), the Japanese version of the Brief Coping Orientation to
Problems Experienced (COPE) and the Work Situation Questionnaire (WSQ)
were analyzed to clarify the depression status and its influence factors. Multivariate
logistic regression analysis was used to examine factors related to the
major depression. The subjects included 274 men (80.1%) and 68 women
(19.9%), 105 professors (30.7%), 52 associate professors (15.2%), 53 lecturers
(15.5%) and 132 assistants (38.6%). The subjects’ mean of age and teaching
experiences were 44.1 ± 9.7 years, 15.6 ± 10.1 years. The mean PHQ score was
3.9 ± 4.1, and 307 subjects (89.8%) were 0 - 9 points and 35 subjects (10.2%)
were over 10 points (10 points or over). For women [OR = 7.009, 95% CI
2.387 - 20.584; p