Publication details
Vztah silných stránek charakteru s životní a pracovní spokojeností učitelů a studentů pedagogiky
| Title in English | Relationships between character strengths, satisfaction with life and job satisfaction in teachers and students of Faculty of education |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Klinická psychologie a osobnost |
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| Web | Digitální knihovna FF MU |
| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | character strengths; life satisfaction; job satisfaction; teachers; students of Faculty of Education |
| Description | The research study examines the current issues of positive psychology. The main objectives are to map the representation of the character strengths in elementary school teachers and in students of Faculty of education, and to explore the relationship between the character strengths and satisfaction with life and job satisfaction. The sample consists of 150 Slovak elementary school teachers and 132 university students of Faculty of Education. Methods used were the Signature Strengths Test (Seligman, 2011) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985). Teachers' job satisfaction was investigated with the inventory Teachers' Job Satisfaction Assessment (Paulik, 1999). The results show that the set of most-represented strengths of both teachers and students are love, kindness, gratitude, spirituality and honesty. In each group, however, the order of these five character strengths varies. Teachers and students do not differ in degree of life satisfaction, but their life satisfaction is determined by different character strengths: The life satisfaction of teachers is statistically significantly associated with character strengths spirituality, love, curiosity, gratitude and prudence. Students' satisfaction with life was significantly correlated with spirituality, perseverance, self-regulation, hope and gratitude. In the group of teachers a positive relationship between life and job satisfaction was confirmed. |