%0 Journal Article
%T Moderator role of Type D personality traits between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction among teachers.
%A Yetkin Tekin A
%A Karadağ H
%J Front Public Health
%V 12
%N 0
%D 2024
%M 38765493
%F 6.461
%R 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1402422
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Type D personality is characterized by negative affect (NA) and social suppression (SI). It has been indicated Type D personality is associated with depression, anxiety, and burnout. Depressive complaints and social inhibition negatively affect job satisfaction. The aim of this study is to investigate the moderating role of Type D personality structure between the severity of depressive complaints and job satisfaction in teachers.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>939 teachers, who constitute the sample of the study, completed the sociodemographic form, Type D personality scale (DS-14), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Minnesota Satisfaction Scale Short Form with an online survey.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>While a negative relationship was found between teachers' NA scores and their intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction (r = -0.28 and r = -0.19, respectively), a negative relationship was detected between SI scores and intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction (r = -0.22 and r = -0.21, respectively). NA and SI had partial moderating roles in the relationship between BDI score and intrinsic job satisfaction. SI played a partial moderating role in the relationship between BDI and extrinsic job satisfaction.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>It can be said Type D personality traits has a moderating role between the severity of teachers' depressive complaints and job satisfaction.