Rethinking Teacher Resilience: The Five Categories and Its Effect on Job Satisfaction (Poster 32)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Thursday 1:45 p.m.
  In Poster Session: Poster Session for Stress, Resilience, and Coping

Abstract

This paper aims to re-conceptualize teacher resilience, develop a teacher resilience inventory, and explore its relationship to job satisfaction. A small teacher sample (N = 25) using convenience sample was approached to generate new items and domains. A larger teacher sample (N = 292) was surveyed to estimate construct validity of the teacher resilience inventory. Then, a total of 574 teachers were invited to examine the relationship between resilience and job satisfaction. The findings indicated five dimensions of teacher resilience, namely, physical, emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual resilience. Meanwhile, results found teacher resilience significantly predicted teachers’ job satisfaction. Theoretical and practical implications were also provided.

Authors

• Yingxiu Li, The Education University of Hong Kong

• Junjun Chen, Education University of Hong Kong