# Moderator role of Type D personality traits between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction among teachers

## TL;DR

This study explores how Type D personality traits influence the relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction among teachers.

## Contribution

It identifies Type D personality traits as a moderator between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in teachers.

## Key findings

- Negative affect (NA) and social inhibition (SI) scores were negatively correlated with job satisfaction.
- NA and SI partially moderate the relationship between depressive symptoms and intrinsic job satisfaction.
- SI partially moderates the relationship between depressive symptoms and extrinsic job satisfaction.

## Abstract

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.

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.

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.

It can be said Type D personality traits has a moderating role between the severity of teachers’ depressive complaints and job satisfaction.