Comparison of job satisfaction and mental health in exceptional and normal primary schools' teachers

The object of this study is to compare job satisfaction and mental health of teachers in exceptional and normal primary schools in ,O Ahwaz city. The research sample included 180 teachers (90 teachers ; from exceptional schools and 90 teachers from normal schools) teaching in primary schools of Ahwaz city who were randomly selected using classified-quota sampling method from educational districts of Ahwaz city. Research instruments were Job Description Inventory (JDI) for measuring job satisfaction and revised mental signs list (SCL90-R) was used for measuring mental health. Person Correlation Coefficient, T test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the results. The results showed that there is a relationship between mental health and job satisfaction. Also, there was a meaningful difference between job satisfaction and mental health of normal and exceptional schools' teachers. Nonna! school teachers had higher J ob satisfaction and mental health than normal schoolsteachers.Female teachers had higher job satisfaction than male teachers while in terms of total health criterion, they had lower mental health. There is not however a significant relationship between job satisfactions among teachers with different education levels, although the difference in their mental health was significant.