How is the mental health of teachers faring? A 10-year follow-up study of depressive symptoms and job dissatisfaction in the CONSTANCES cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Teachers' mental health, an important asset for society, may be impacted by security or health crises alongside more structural changes. Our primary aim was to assess 2012-2022 trends in depressive symptoms among French teachers compared to similar employees. We further examined concomitant trends in job dissatisfaction.

Methods

Within the ongoing French national CONSTANCES cohort, depressive symptoms were regularly assessed (up to four times between 2012 and 2022) using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale (CES-D, score 0-60). We used mixed models adjusted for sociodemographic factors to estimate mean parameters (95% CI) of CES-D variations between 2012 and 2022 among teachers (n=15 022) compared with other intermediate or managerial/professional

SUBMITTER: Wenta J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12703249 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature