Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1648070
Cristina Cañete Massé, Virginia Krieger, Maribel Peró-Cebollero, Juan Antonio Amador-Campos, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos
{"title":"Measurement invariance and cross-linguistic validation of the PSS-4 in university context: multidimensional analysis and associations with psychological and behavioral outcomes.","authors":"Cristina Cañete Massé, Virginia Krieger, Maribel Peró-Cebollero, Juan Antonio Amador-Campos, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1648070","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1648070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although prior research supports the use of the Spanish version of the PSS-4 using classical psychometric methods, further analysis of its dimensionality, reliability, and response patterns is warranted. Sociodemographic factors such as gender and health behaviors (e.g., sleep, diet, physical activity) may influence perceived stress.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to: (1) evaluate the reliability and validity of the PSS-4 in Spanish, English, and, for the first time, Catalan; (2) test measurement invariance across language, university groups, and gender; and (3) examine associations between stress and psychological (depression, anxiety, wellbeing) and behavioral outcomes (sleep, internet use, physical activity).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants included 1,810 students and 1,060 university staff, who completed surveys in Spanish, Catalan, or English. Demographic data included gender identity, marital status, education, and lifestyle behaviors. Measures included the PSS-4, WHO-5 Wellbeing Index, GAD Questionnaire, and PHQ. Dimensionality was examined using PCA, followed by invariance testing. The English group comprised a comparatively smaller sample.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The PSS-4 showed a unidimensional structure, high reliability, and strong correlations with psychological outcomes. Measurement invariance was supported at the configural and metric levels but not at the scalar level across languages, university communities, and gender.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PSS-4 demonstrates validity and reliability for assessing perceived stress in Spanish, English, and Catalan university settings, with this study providing the first validation of the Catalan version and a cross-language invariance test. However, the absence of scalar invariance limits the comparability of stress mean scores across languages.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1648070"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12507836/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1609824
Mei Chen
{"title":"Exploring the influencing effect of tertiary teachers' perceived organizational support and teacher self-efficacy on their job satisfaction: the mediating role of teacher work engagement.","authors":"Mei Chen","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1609824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1609824","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Teacher job satisfaction is a central concern within the teaching profession, garnering significant global attention. This research investigates the relationships among perceived organizational support, teacher self-efficacy, work engagement, and job satisfaction among tertiary teachers in Western China. Using a survey methodology, data were collected from 450 teachers at public universities. The findings revealed significant positive correlations among all variables. Crucially, work engagement was found to partially mediate the positive relationship between perceived organizational support and job satisfaction, as well as between teacher self-efficacy and job satisfaction. These results contribute to existing theory by highlighting the pivotal role of work engagement and offer practical insights for enhancing teacher satisfaction. Recommendations are provided for policymakers, administrators, and teacher education programs. The study concludes by suggesting avenues for future research, such as incorporating additional cognitive and non-cognitive factors to deepen the understanding of job satisfaction determinants.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1609824"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12509069/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1662985
Liping Liu, Yuqing Yang, Han Liu, Shanping Chen, Yao Shang, Yifei Song
{"title":"The effect of social support on college students' sports anomie behavior: the mediating role of self-efficacy and attitude's regulating role in sports normative behavior.","authors":"Liping Liu, Yuqing Yang, Han Liu, Shanping Chen, Yao Shang, Yifei Song","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1662985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1662985","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>College students' sports anomie behavior negatively impacts their physical health, undermines the implementation of the educational philosophies of Fostering Virtue through Education and Health First. There is a lack of quantitative research on the mechanisms underlying such behavior. Based on the Conservation of Resources Theory, this study aims to examine the mechanism through which social support influences college students' sports anomie behavior.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 2,340 students from 20 universities across China were selected using stratified sampling. Data were collected using the Social Support Scale and the Sports Anomie Behavior Brief Inventory. Mediation and moderation effects were analyzed using AMOS 28.0, SPSS 24.0, and the Process plugin.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Social support significantly negatively predicted physical misconduct. Physical norm self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship between social support and physical misconduct. Attitudes toward physical norm behavior significantly moderated both the antecedent and subsequent paths of the mediation model.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study validates a moderated mediation model of \"social support → physical norm self-efficacy→sports anomie behavior.\" Universities should establish a multi-support network involving parents, teachers, and peers, and integrate normative education into physical education curricula. These efforts should synergistically enhance students' attitudes toward physical norms and self-efficacy from external to internal levels, thereby reducing sports anomie behavior and promoting physical health.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1662985"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12511870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1657506
Yirong Li, Jianguang Cai
{"title":"Psychological and technological predictors of the physical activity intention-behavior gap: an explainable machine learning analysis.","authors":"Yirong Li, Jianguang Cai","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1657506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1657506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Intention is widely regarded as the most proximal predictor of behavior. But, physical activity (PA) intentions do not invariably translate into actual exercise behavior, leaving a intention-behavior (I-B) gap. The study integrates psychological and technological frameworks to examine the mechanisms that moderate the PA I-B gap.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Unlike traditional dichotomous measures of the PA I-B gap, this study employs baseline correction to derive a standardized continuous measure that quantifies the magnitude of the gap. Using survey data from 1,334 Chinese adults, we combined the Health Belief Model and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology within an explainable machine-learning framework to identify important predictors and their non-linear interactions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The machine learning based optimal XGBoost model (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.647) significantly outperforms traditional regression approaches. Perceived barriers, self efficacy, intention to use smart tools and social support emerge as the four core predictors of the PA I-B gap. Higher levels of perceived barriers and late night frequency enlarge the gap whereas greater self efficacy, perceived exercise benefits, intention to use smart tools, social support, social influence and personal innovation narrow it. The psychological cognition dimension exhibits significantly stronger predictive power than smart sports tools. These tools function primarily as auxiliary resources, and their facilitative effects differ across distinct psychological cognition levels.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Psychological cognition and smart sports tools jointly predict the PA I-B gap. The study's conclusions are constrained by its reliance on self-reported measures and its cross-sectional design. Future research should adopt longitudinal or experimental protocols, supplemented by objective data from wearable devices, to delineate causal pathways and illuminate the finer mechanisms underlying the gap.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1657506"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12509429/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1635208
Lingfeng Guo, Shixin Fang, Yanzhe Zhang, Xuelu Li, Yu Yang
{"title":"Does it mean more positive or more negative? A study on central attitudes toward homosexuality.","authors":"Lingfeng Guo, Shixin Fang, Yanzhe Zhang, Xuelu Li, Yu Yang","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1635208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1635208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Attitudes toward homosexuality have a significant impact on the well-being of sexual minority populations. Although prior research has identified the multidimensional nature of attitudes toward homosexuality, the central components within the attitudinal structures remain underexplored. This study aimed to examine the central attitudes toward homosexuality from the perspective of both attitudinal measurement and attitudinal inference.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The current study comprises two complementary studies. By assessing 666 participants' attitudes toward homosexuality, study 1 utilized complex network analysis to identify central components within the overall attitudinal network. Study 2 adopted an attitudinal inference design to further investigate the central factors of attitudes toward homosexuality, using importance and representativeness as key indicators of centrality. Paired-sample <i>t</i>-tests and two-way ANOVA were conducted to investigate the central factor in inferring negative and positive attitudes toward homosexuality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our results of study 1 showed that the component reflecting behavioral tendencies related to social interactions is the most central in the attitudinal network. Findings of study 2 revealed that <i>prejudice against homosexuality</i> factor was more central than <i>preference for homosexuality</i> factor when inferring negative attitudes, whereas <i>preference for heterosexuality</i> factor was more central than <i>prejudice against homosexuality</i> factor when inferring positive attitudes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study advances our understanding of attitudinal centrality in measuring and inferring attitudes toward homosexuality, which can offer nuanced intervention targets to reduce homonegativity.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1635208"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12507842/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1553006
Oscar Mamani-Benito, María Celinda Cruz Ordinola, Roberto Dante Olazabal Boggio, Mariné Huayta-Meza, Edison Effer Apaza-Tarqui, Milagros Yesenia Pacheco Vizcarra, Wilter C Morales-García
{"title":"Financial well-being and financial stress as predictors of overall well-being and life satisfaction among Peruvian workers.","authors":"Oscar Mamani-Benito, María Celinda Cruz Ordinola, Roberto Dante Olazabal Boggio, Mariné Huayta-Meza, Edison Effer Apaza-Tarqui, Milagros Yesenia Pacheco Vizcarra, Wilter C Morales-García","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1553006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1553006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the mental health and overall well-being of the working population, exacerbating financial problems that influence subjective well-being and life satisfaction. Financial stress and financial well-being have emerged as key predictors of these dimensions.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine whether financial well-being and financial stress are significant predictors of overall well-being and life satisfaction among Peruvian workers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional predictive study was conducted with 1,208 Peruvian workers aged 18-64 years (<i>M</i> = 25.26, SD = 7.99), using standardized instruments such as the General Well-Being Index, Financial Stress Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Financial Well-Being Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The model demonstrated a good fit to the data (χ<sup>2</sup> = 1399.76, <i>p</i> < 0.001, df = 269, CFI = 0.962, TLI = 0.958, RMSEA = 0.062, SRMR = 0.051). Financial well-being had a positive effect on overall well-being (β = 0.52, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and life satisfaction (β = 0.24, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Financial stress showed a negative effect on life satisfaction (β = -0.19, <i>p</i> < 0.001) but did not significantly affect overall well-being (β = -0.02, <i>p</i> > 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Financial well-being plays a critical role in subjective well-being and life satisfaction, while financial stress negatively impacts cognitive evaluations of life. Occupational health strategies should incorporate financial education programs and measures to mitigate financial stress, fostering economic resilience and holistic well-being among workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1553006"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12507745/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1631102
Shaoang Xia, Ke Zhang, Chuwen Yan, Yayu Zhou, Chunqu Xiao
{"title":"Youth health behaviors and their reverse intergenerational impact.","authors":"Shaoang Xia, Ke Zhang, Chuwen Yan, Yayu Zhou, Chunqu Xiao","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1631102","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1631102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In the context of rapid population aging and digital transformation in China, youths are increasingly influencing older family members' health perceptions and behaviors through \"cultural feedback\" mechanisms. This study examines the factors shaping youth health behaviors and their reverse intergenerational effects on elders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey of 2,187 participants aged 18-35 examined factors influencing youth health behaviors and their reverse intergenerational influence on older family members, using regression analyses with mediation models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicate emotional regulation capacity emerged as the strongest predictor of health behaviors, followed by surrounding individuals' health status, gender, and self-reported health condition. Socioeconomic status, occupation, and age demonstrated limited direct effects. Young adults' health behaviors significantly predicted reverse intergenerational influence, with health behavior tendency mediating relationships between individual characteristics and intergenerational influence.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Young adults serve as pivotal agents in health-related \"cultural feedback\". Their health behavior tendencies subsequently influence older generations' health perceptions and practices. Interventions targeting emotional regulation skills among young adults may effectively amplify intergenerational health promotion while addressing aging-related public health challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1631102"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12509426/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The perceived COVID-19 pandemic risk and mental distress in China: the mediating role of interpersonal trust and the moderating role of social cohesion.","authors":"Hao Zhou, Xiangqian Liu, Jing Wu, Chuanjing Liao, Shengyu Zhao","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1651664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1651664","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>An increasing number of studies have highlighted the consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the mechanisms through which it inflicts harm. However, few have examined the relationship between perceived pandemic risk and mental distress from an interpersonal perspective. Drawing on the stress system model, trust theory, social-support theory, and exchange-emotion-cohesion theory, the present study investigates whether perceived pandemic risk is positively associated with mental distress, whether different types of interpersonal trust mediate this relationship, and whether social cohesion moderates this mediating process.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The theoretical model was tested using data from 18,278 Chinese residents (Mage = 32.63 years, standard deviation = 13.85) between March and June 2020. Participants in this cross-sectional study completed a named survey assessing their perceived pandemic risk, different types of interpersonal trust, mental distress, and social cohesion. Correlational and moderated mediation analyses examined how perceived risk relates to mental distress via interpersonal trust, while estimating social cohesion's moderated role in this pathway.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Perceived pandemic risk was positively associated with mental distress. Interpersonal trust among non-strangers (family, friends and colleagues) partially mediated this link, and social cohesion moderated the trust-to-distress pathway specifically for friends and colleagues trust. In contexts of lower social cohesion, the indirect effect through friends and colleagues trust was stronger, indicating greater vulnerability to mental distress.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These findings extend research on pandemic-related mental distress by identifying acquaintance trust in ordinary friends and colleagues as a key interpersonal mechanism and demonstrating that cohesive community contexts can buffer the psychological consequences of eroded trust. Practitioners should consider leveraging social relationships in public-health crisis responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1651664"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12509430/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Longitudinal network analysis of mental health trends in Chinese university freshmen: a decadal study (2014-2023).","authors":"Xiujie Teng, Xiaoyan Wang, Ye Liu, Dingchao Wu, Zhenxuan Dong, Shaobo Lyu","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1611264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1611264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Global mental health deterioration among young adults is a growing concern. This study aims to map the psychopathological architecture of mental health symptoms in a large cohort of university freshmen to identify core symptoms that could be pivotal for intervention strategies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A network analysis was conducted on annual mental health assessments of 24,047 university freshmen over a ten-year period (2014-2023). Symptoms were assessed using the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mental health symptom network structure demonstrated remarkable stability across the decade. Anxiety, depression, and interpersonal sensitivity were consistently identified as the most central symptoms within the network. The rank order of symptoms by nodal strength was: anxiety, depression, interpersonal sensitivity, psychoticism, obsessive symptoms, paranoia, hostility, phobia, and somatization.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The findings highlight anxiety, depression, and interpersonal sensitivity as prominent and central psychological challenges for college students. The stability of this network structure suggests these core symptoms are reliable targets for priority screening and the development of targeted mental health interventions and preventative treatments within university populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1611264"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12509066/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-24eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1596058
You Xu, Biru Chang, Qiuxia Guo
{"title":"How the teacher development ecosystem influences career success: the chain mediation role of school climate and job crafting.","authors":"You Xu, Biru Chang, Qiuxia Guo","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1596058","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1596058","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Teachers' career success is increasingly recognized as a multidimensional outcome shaped by individual and contextual factors. Drawing on ecological systems theory and conservation of resources theory, this study investigated how the teacher development ecosystem influences teachers' career success, focusing on the mediating roles of school climate and job crafting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The stratified random sampling was used to survey one thousand seven hundred and fifty five teachers across four provinces in China with self-reporting. All participants completed the Teacher Development Ecosystem Questionnaire, the School Climate Questionnaire, the Job Crafting Questionnaire, and the Teacher Career Success Questionnaire. Structural equation modeling was applied to examine the hypothesized relationships and mediating effects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results demonstrated that the teacher development ecosystem significantly and positively predicted teachers' career success. School climate partially mediated this relationship, and job crafting also acted as a mediator. Moreover, school climate and job crafting jointly exerted a chain mediation effect, indicating that a positive school climate promotes teachers' job crafting behaviors, which subsequently enhance their career success. Notably, the findings suggested that job crafting is necessarily mediated by school climate within the chained mediation model.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study extended the application of ecological systems theory to teachers' career development by uncovering the mechanism through which the teacher development ecosystem contributes to career success. The results provide practical implications for fostering supportive school climates and encouraging job crafting behaviors as strategies to enhance teachers' career outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1596058"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12505385/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145257704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}