The current research was conducted to evaluate the mental health condition of the teaching staff. The objectives of the study were to assess the mental health status of teaching faculty in selected arts college at Virudhunagar and to identify the association between mental health status of teaching faculty and selected demographic variables in selected arts college at Virudhunagar. A purposive sampling method, specifically non-probability, was employed to select 34 participants. The symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90) was utilized to evaluate mental health status during data collection. Subsequently, the data underwent collection, organization, tabulation, and analysis using both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The major findings of the study were, among 34 faculty, 67.64% had good score of mental health status, 32.35% had average score of mental health status and 0% had poor score of mental health status. A notable correlation was observed between the mental health status level and certain demographic factors, including gender, family type, and recreational interests. There was no statistically significant association between the mental health status and selected demographic variables such as age, religion, residence, marital status, socioeconomic status, family income, monthly income, qualification, designation, department, illness and interested in social media. This study concluded that many faculty had good mental health status whereas some of faculty had average mental health status and none of faculty had poor mental health status.

Keywords:Health, mental health, mental health status, teaching faculty

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The current research was conducted to evaluate the mental health condition of the teaching staff. The objectives of the study were to assess the mental health status of teaching faculty in selected arts college at Virudhunagar and to identify the association between mental health status of teaching faculty and selected demographic variables in selected arts college at Virudhunagar. A purposive sampling method, specifically non-probability, was employed to select 34 participants. The symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90) was utilized to evaluate mental health status during data collection. Subsequently, the data underwent collection, organization, tabulation, and analysis using both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The major findings of the study were, among 34 faculty, 67.64% had good score of mental health status, 32.35% had average score of mental health status and 0% had poor score of mental health status. A notable correlation was observed between the mental health status level and certain demographic factors, including gender, family type, and recreational interests. There was no statistically significant association between the mental health status and selected demographic variables such as age, religion, residence, marital status, socioeconomic status, family income, monthly income, qualification, designation, department, illness and interested in social media. This study concluded that many faculty had good mental health status whereas some of faculty had average mental health status and none of faculty had poor mental health status.

Keywords:Health, mental health, mental health status, teaching faculty

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1. Maharan BK. Textbook methods in biostatistics for medical students and research workers. 7th edition. New Delhi: Jaypee Publishers; 2018. pp. 155–169.
2. Elakkuvana, D, Bhaskararaj. Textbook of Nursing Research and Biostatistics. Emmess Publishers; 2017. pp. 514–516.
3. Dewan, R, Hasan, MK, Singh, AR. Effects of demographic variables on mental health of tribal schoolteachers. Prachi Journal of Psycho-Cultural Dimensions. 2009; 25(1&): 162–167.
4. Teaching competency and mental health of student-teachers in a District Institute of Education and Training (DIET). Experiment in Education. 2005. pp 10–15.
5. Thanuja K. Textbook of Nursing Research and Statistics. Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh: Vijayam Publication; 2020. pp. 7.28–7.29.
6. Pandhi SK, Rajendra. Organizational climate teachers’ mental health in secondary schools: A study. Indian Journal of Psychometry and Education. 2010; 41(2).
7. Corrente M et al. Mental health experiences of teachers: A scoping review. Journal of Teaching and Learning. 2022; 16(1): 22–43. [Online] Available from: https://doi.org/10.22329/jtl.v16i1.6856.
8. Hossain MT, Islam MA, Jahan N, et al. Mental Health status of teachers during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A web-based study in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Psychiatry. Jul 2022; 13: 938230. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.938230.
9. Islam MR, Qusar MMAS, Islam MS. Mental health of children amid COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: An exploratory observation. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. May 2021; 33(4): 469–470. DOI: 10.1177/10105395211004371.
10. Fan C, Fu P, Li X, Li M, Zhu M. Trauma exposure and the PTSD symptoms of college teachers during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak. Stress and Health. Dec 2021; 37(5): 914–927. DOI: 10.1002/smi.3049.