Measuring Job Satisfaction for Rural Mental Health Providers: A Social Cognitive Career Theory Approach.

摘要

The current study employed online collection of self-report demographic data as well self-report aspects of job satisfaction such as: positive affectivity, self-efficacy, work-related goal progress, work-related goal support, and work conditions. Each consenting participant completed the same set of online questionnaires. Several participants chose to expand upon some of the unique stressors they experience as rural mental health providers in follow-up emails. Results of path analysis did not find the expected fit of observed data to the proposed structural model. Multiple regression analyses provided data about the importance of positive affectivity, work conditions, work-related goal support, and work-related goal progress to job satisfaction as reported by the rural mental health providers sampled. Implications for theory, research, and clinical practice are presented.