Relationship between Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Integrative Self-Knowledge, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Self-Control, Mental Health Indicators (Depression, Anxiety, Stress) and Teacher's Job Performance

The present research aimed at investigating the relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction، integrative self-knowledge، mindfulness، self-compassion، self-control، mental health indicators (depression، anxiety، and stress) and job performance. Through carrying out a correlational study، 235 teachers were selected via one-stage cluster sampling from Sabzevar secondary schools. The tools included Basic Psychological Needs Scale، Integrative Self-Knowledge Scale، Mindfulness Scale، Self-Compassion-Short Form Scale، Self-Control-Short Form Scale، Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale and Paterson''s Job Performance Questionnaire and data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression analysis. Findings showed that job performance has positive significant association with self-awareness indicators and basic psychological needs satisfaction and negative association with mental health indicators. Whereas، mindfulness and need for autonomy positively predicted job performance while، stress negatively predicted job performance. According to these results the process of self-knowledge and inherent psychological needs satisfaction can improve individual’s performance.