An Analysis of the Relationship between Teachers’ Subjective Wellbeing and Their Occupational Resilience
This research aims to determine teachers’ perception levels regardingsubjective well-being and their occupational resilience, and reveal therelationship between these two variables. Having a relational survey design,the research was carried out with teachers working at schools located withinthe prov...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sakarya University
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Sakarya University Journal of Education |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/886442 |
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| Summary: | This research aims to determine teachers’ perception levels regardingsubjective well-being and their occupational resilience, and reveal therelationship between these two variables. Having a relational survey design,the research was carried out with teachers working at schools located withinthe province of Şanlıurfa in Turkey. The sample held a total of 346 teacherswho work at different school types during the 2017-2018 academic year. Amongthe participants, 163 were women and 183 were men. This research deployed“Personal Information Form”, “Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire(TSWQ)” and “Occupational Resilience Beliefs Scale for Teacher Candidates” asdata collection tools. The research data were analyzed through the use of SPSS21 statistical package program. Frequency, arithmetic mean and standarddeviation values were calculated in order to determine the teachers’ perceptionlevels regarding the subjective well-being and their occupational resilience.Pearson-Moment Product Correlation method was used to identify whether therewas a significant relationship between the teachers' subjective well-being andtheir occupational resilience perception levels. Besides, multiple regressionanalysis was performed to determine as to whether the teachers’ subjectivewell-being predicted their occupational resilience. Research findings revealedthat the teachers’ perception levels regarding subjective well-being andoccupational resilience beliefs were quite high. A medium, positive andsignificant relationship was noted between the teachers’ subjective well-beingand their occupational resilience. The subjective well-being of the teacherswas found to significantly predict the occupational resilience and explains 71%of the total variance. |
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| ISSN: | 2146-7455 |