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This study examined the role of transdiagnostic psychological variables and sociodemographic factors as predictors of different dimensions of anxiety (physical, cognitive, and social) in secondary school teachers. (2) Methods: A total of 444 Spanish secondary school teachers (Mage = 41.76, SD = 10.80; 50% women) participated. Data were collected via an online questionnaire. A quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional design was used. Pearson correlations and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to analyze associations and predictive relationships. (3) Results: Anxiety showed a multidimensional structure, with hierarchical regression models explaining a substantial proportion of variance (R2 = 0.26\u20130.47). Transdiagnostic psychological variables accounted for the largest increases in explained variance beyond sociodemographic and work-related factors. Intolerance of uncertainty was the most consistent predictor across all anxiety dimensions, whereas fear of negative evaluation was the strongest predictor of social anxiety and was also associated with physical and cognitive anxiety. Procrastination predicted cognitive and social anxiety. Female teachers reported higher anxiety levels, while teaching experience showed a protective effect on cognitive anxiety. (4) Conclusions: Findings support a transdiagnostic framework and highlight the central role of psychological processes, particularly intolerance of uncertainty and fear of negative evaluation, in explaining teacher anxiety. Interventions targeting these shared mechanisms may contribute to improving teachers\u2019 mental health and wellbeing.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ejihpe16080112","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,31]],"date-time":"2026-07-31T08:20:18Z","timestamp":1785486018000},"page":"112","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Predicting Anxiety in Secondary School Teachers: A Transdiagnostic Approach"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0925-6187","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paula","family":"Rodr\u00edguez-Fern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Education and Educational Innovation, Faculty of Law, Education and Humanities, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ema Di","family":"Petrillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain"},{"name":"Department of Education, Rome Business School, 00196 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matteo","family":"Villanova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Education, Roma Tre University, 00154 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-1719-4734","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Valeria","family":"Caggiano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Education, Roma Tre University, 00154 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0581-3372","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juana Mar\u00eda","family":"Guti\u00e9rrez-Caballero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology and Anthropology, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-4067-8980","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luna","family":"Bl\u00e1zquez-Guti\u00e9rrez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Philosophy, Logic and Aesthetics, University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9403-7087","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alberto","family":"Bl\u00e1zquez-Manzano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sports, Regional Government of Extremadura, 06800 M\u00e9rida, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7298-9060","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jer\u00f3nimo Javier","family":"Gon\u00e1lez-Bernal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Agyapong, B., Obuobi-Donkor, G., Burback, L., and Wei, Y. 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