JOB STRESS, WORK MOTIVATION AND SPIRITUALITY AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING AMONG THE PASTORS AND TEACHERS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Psychologists and other social scientists uphold the importance of psychological wellbeing in sustaining productivity in workers, especially among pastors and teachers. Therefore, the study examined job stress, work motivation and spirituality as predictors of psychological wellbeing among pastors and teachers in Ondo State, Nigeria using a cross-sectional research design. A total of 79 pastors and 171 teachers participated in this study but only 239 returned the questionnaire, Male =141 (59.0%) and Female =98 (41.0%). Their ages ranged from 25 to 65 (Mean = 44.70; SD = 8.94). Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were adopted. Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing Scale, Job stress scale, work motivation scale and Spirituality Scale were adopted in this study. Five hypotheses were tested. The findings revealed that job stress did not predict psychological wellbeing (β= -.00, t= -0.05, p > .05), work motivation was observed to significantly predict psychological wellbeing (β= .42, t= 7.07, p < .01), spirituality significantly predicted psychological wellbeing (β= .28, t= 4.63, p < .01). All the variables significantly jointly predicted psychological wellbeing F(4,245)=21.24; p <.01 and yielded 51% (R=0.51). Based on these findings, it was recommended that pastors and teachers should be highly motivated in order to maintain/enhance their psychological wellbeing.