Measurement and comparison of teacher attitude towards mental health in school

Authors

  • Diego García-Álvarez Doctorado en Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín. Maracaibo, Venezuela. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9350-785X
  • Juan Diego Hernández Lalinde Universidad Simón Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Biomédicas, Cúcuta, Colombia.
  • Yan Ureña Villamizar Tecnológico de Antioquia – Institución Universitaria, Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Medellin, Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9970-159X
  • Paula Andrea Suddy Olarte Universidad Rafael Urdaneta, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas, Sociales y Administrativas, Maracaibo, estado Zulia, Venezuela. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5620-450X
  • Victoria Isabel Medina Azuaje Universidad Rafael Urdaneta, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas, Sociales y Administrativas, Maracaibo, estado Zulia, Venezuela. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3888-2323

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v43i0.89365

Keywords:

Teacher attitude, Mental health in school, Validity, Comparative analysis

Abstract

The aim was to analyze the validity, reliability and invariance of the Teacher Attitude towards Mental Health in School Scale, in addition to compare its dimensions according to sociodemographic characteristics. At a methodological level, it’s an instrumental, comparative, cross-sectional and non-experimental study composed of 200 teachers from Maracaibo. The scale reported adequate properties, although it showed weaknesses in convergent and discriminant validity. Differences in favor of women were found in favorable attitudes and in dislikes and expectations; also in favor of public school teachers in favorable and unfavorable attitudes. The scale is suitable to measure this construct in Venezuelan teachers, but it must be deepened in its dimensionality.

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Published

06-01-2022

Issue

Vol. 43 (2022)

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Original Research Article

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García-Álvarez, D., Hernández Lalinde, J. D., Ureña Villamizar, Y., Suddy Olarte, P. A., & Medina Azuaje, V. I. (2022). Measurement and comparison of teacher attitude towards mental health in school. Retos, 43, 660-671. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v43i0.89365