ERIC Number: EJ1348224
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Psychological Capital, Future-Oriented Coping, and the Well-Being of Secondary School Teachers in Germany
Educational Psychology, v42 n3 p334-353 2022
It is essential to understand how teachers cope with stress and how this affects their well-being as teachers work in very demanding environments. The study employed the transactional model of stress and coping as a theoretical framework to investigate the relationship between the Psychological Capital dimensions (self-efficacy, hope, resilience, and optimism), future-oriented coping (proactive and preventive coping), and work-related well-being (job satisfaction and work engagement). An online survey was completed by 213 secondary school teachers in Germany. Multiple hierarchical regression analyses indicated that optimism and self-efficacy were significant predictors of proactive coping, and hope predicted preventive coping. Optimism, hope, and resilience had a significant impact on job satisfaction. Furthermore, hope, optimism, and proactive coping significantly predicted work engagement. Proactive coping mediated the relationship between teachers' self-efficacy and work engagement as well as between optimism and work engagement, whereas preventive coping was not a significant mediator. The results imply that developing the Psychological Capital dimensions and proactive coping through interventions can be a valuable avenue to increase teacher well-being.
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Coping, Secondary School Teachers, Psychological Patterns, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Attitudes, Predictor Variables, Positive Attitudes, Well Being, Foreign Countries, Teacher Surveys, Correlation, Self Efficacy, Stress Variables, Resilience (Psychology), Guidelines, Measures (Individuals)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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