Teachers’ Sociodemographic Characteristics, Psychological Distress, Job Satisfaction, and Their Willingness to Include Children with Special Needs in Regular Classes

Table 4

Hierarchical multiple regression analysis on factors predicting teachers’ willingness to include CWSNs in regular classes (N = 502).

	Model 1 (β)	Model 2 (β)	Model 3 (β)
Teacher characteristics (sociodemographic variables)
Gender	−0.017	−0.014	−0.083
Age	−0.390	−0.391	−0.386
Years of experience	0.354	0.350	0.267
Highest qualifications (predegree/degree and postgraduate degree qualifications)	−0.036	−0.035	−0.006
Negative affect variable
Psychological distress		−0.043	−0.012
Motivation affect variable
Teacher job satisfaction			0.442
R^2	0.062	0.064	0.245
ΔR^2	—	0.002	0.182
ΔF	—	0.550	67.591

Note. , . Gender and highest qualification were the only variables that were dummy coded. Male was coded 1, female 2; predegree/degree was coded 1 while postgraduate degree qualifications were coded 2. β = standardized beta; ΔR² = R square change; ΔF = F change.