SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2026
The changes in primary and secondary school teachers' mental health level according to SCL-90 and its economic dissection-a meta-analysis with evidence from China.
Synthesis in Frontiers in psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: Exploring the changing trends and reasons for changes in primary and secondary school teachers' mental health levels is of great importance, and social change, effectively represented by economic development, is a notable explanatory factor in this process. Therefore, this study focuses on the mental health levels of primary and secondary school teachers in China and analyzes the factors influencing them from an economic perspective, in order to provide a reference for the formulation of future intervention policies. Methods: A total of 153 studies published between 2000 and 2024 using SCL-90 (Symptom Checklist 90) were obtained from Web of Science, PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). The cross-temporal meta-analysis and relevant statistical methods were used to explore the temporal and regional differences in primary and secondary school teachers' mental health levels and their relationship with economic development. Results: From 1998 to 2021, the overall mental health levels of primary and secondary school teachers initially decreased, then slightly increased. Teachers in the eastern and northeastern regions/urban areas have better mental health levels than those in the Western China and Central China regions/rural areas, respectively. Results of the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and subgroup analysis showed that teachers' mental health levels were related to subgroup variables for economic regions and urban/rural regions. The multiple linear regression model is not significant for the SCL-90 factors over a lag period of 0-3. Conclusion: From 1998 to 2021, the overall mental health levels of primary and secondary school teachers initially decreased, then slightly increased. There are significant regional differences in primary and secondary school teachers' mental health levels: teachers from regions with better economic development and urban areas have higher mental health levels. From a cross-temporal perspective, the economic development level cannot well explain the changing trend of primary and secondary school teachers' mental health levels. The "time puzzle of mental health" hypothesis proposed by this study echoes the Easterlin paradox to some extent, enriches the research in related fields, and provides a new theoretical perspective with reference value for explaining the relationship between economic development and primary and secondary school teachers' mental health levels.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.