In the past decade, mental health is embedded in the concept of health and teachers’
mental health has become the focus of surveys. In this study we examined the mental
health of special educator-students compared to their lecturers and inspectors at
the University Semmelweis Pető András Faculty. We used the validated Hungarian language
Mental Health Test (MHT) to assess the mental health. The MHT is linked to the concept
of physical and mental wellbeing, it is ability-based approach, and examines 5 areas:
wellbeing, savoring, creative-executive efficiency self-regulation resilience. Altogether
237 questionnaires had been returned that were suitable for evaluation (19 lecturers,
16 instructors and 202 students). Students’ mean values are lower than the instructors’
and lecturers’ mean values, and students presented significant lower scores in three
scales: self-regulation, creative-executive efficiency, and resilience subscales.
In the wellbeing scale we found significant correlation with the existence of the
separate room to learn/work during the home-office. These results point to the need
for the university to pay attention to the mental health of students, who will be
able to consciously monitor their mental health, and who are able to provide effective
support to their students.
