scholarly journals An exploratory study on Turkish EFL pre-service teachers’ subjective wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-150
Author(s):  
Gökçe Kurt ◽  
Burcu Demir ◽  
Derin Atay
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Study Data ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
High Level ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Nature Of Teaching

Subjective well-being (SWB) has been an intensely studied domain of psychology, predominantly in the field of positive psychology. Due to the nature of teaching as an intellectually, physically and emotionally demanding profession, the last few decades have also witnessed a growing interest in teachers? SWB. The pres?ent study investigated pre-service teachers? (PTs) SWB and explored its relationship to teaching efficacy beliefs and occupational anxiety. A total of 261 PTs enrolled in English Language Teaching departments of five different universities in Turkey participated in the study. Data came from the scales of SWB, teachers? self-efficacy beliefs and occupational anxiety. The findings indicated that PTs had a high level of perceived SWB; female PTs had a significantly higher level of SWB than male ones; PTs? academic year and the type of university they were enrolled in had no signif?icant relationship with their SWB; and both self-efficacy beliefs and occupational anxiety served as significant predictors of PTs? SWB, together explaining 16.2% of the variance in their scores.

scholarly journals Correlations Between Personality, Affective and Filial Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Psychological Well-Being in a Sample of Italian Adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Tommasi ◽  
Paola Grassi ◽  
Michela Balsamo ◽  
Laura Picconi ◽  
Adrian Furnham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
High Level ◽  
Italian Adolescents

Adolescence is a critical period for the emergence of a balanced personality in adults. Extraversion, neuroticism, and affective self-efficacy beliefs in emotion regulation showed to be good predictors of psychological well-being in adolescents. We analyzed the association between affective self-efficacy beliefs, personality traits, and psychological well-being of 179 Italian adolescents. We also analyzed the connection between adolescents’ filial self-efficacy beliefs and psychological well-being and possible moderating effects of self-efficacy beliefs on personality traits. Results show that extraversion, neuroticism, and self-efficacy beliefs in emotion regulation are correlated with psychological well-being, while filial self-efficacy does not. Self-efficacy beliefs do not show significant moderating effects on personality traits, even if self-efficacy beliefs in expressing positive emotions reduce negative characteristics of individuals with high level of psychoticism.

Looking for adolescents' well-being: self-efficacy beliefs as determinants of positive thinking and happiness

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Vittorio Caprara ◽  
Patrizia Steca ◽  
Maria Gerbino ◽  
Marinella Paciello ◽  
Giovanni Maria Vecchio
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Longitudinal Impact ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
The Impact

SUMMARYAims – The present study is part of a longitudinal project aimed at identifying the personal characteristics and the developmental pathways conducive to successful adaptation from childhood to adulthood. The study examined the concurrent and longitudinal impact of self-efficacy beliefs on subjective well-being in adolescence, namely positive thinking and happiness. Positive thinking has been operationalized as the latent dimension underlying life satisfaction, self-esteem and optimism. Happiness has been operationalized as the difference between positive and negative affects, as they are experienced in a variety of daily situations. Methods – In a group of 664 Italian adolescents, a structural model positing adolescents' emotional and interpersonal self-efficacy beliefs as proximal and distal determinants of positive thinking and happiness has been tested. Results – Findings attest to the impact of affective and interpersonal-social self-efficacy beliefs on positive thinking and happiness both concurrently and longitudinally. Conclusions – Adolescents' self-efficacy beliefs to manage positive and negative emotions and interpersonal relationships contribute to promote positive expectations about the future, to mantain a high self-concept, to perceive a sense of satisfaction for the life and to experience more positive emotions.Declaration of Interest: none.

scholarly journals Schoolteachers' Resilience Does but Self-Efficacy Does Not Mediate the Influence of Stress and Anxiety Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Subjective Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inn-Kyu Cho ◽  
Jihoon Lee ◽  
Kyumin Kim ◽  
Joohee Lee ◽  
Sangha Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
High Level ◽  
School Tasks

Objectives: In the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, schoolteachers experience stress from addressing students or performing school tasks that may result in burnout. This study aimed to observe whether teachers' stress and anxiety due to the pandemic can influence their depression or psychological well-being and examine whether their resilience or self-efficacy mediates this association.Methods: During March 4–15, 2021, 400 teachers participated and responded voluntarily to an online survey that included the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-9 items (SAVE-9), the Teacher-Efficacy Scale, the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), the WHO-5 Well-Being Index, and the Patients Health Questionnaire-9 items.Results: High psychological well-being of teachers in COVID-19 pandemic era was expected by a low SAVE-9 score (aOR = 0.95; 95% CI, 0.91–0.99), a high level of self-efficacy (aOR = 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01–1.06), and a high BRS score (aOR = 1.18; 95% CI, 1.10–1.27). Moreover, teachers' resilience mediated the effects of stress and anxiety from the COVID-19 pandemic on their subjective well-being or depression.Conclusions: Schoolteachers' subjective well-being and depression were influenced by high levels of stress and anxiety of the viral epidemic, and their resilience mediated this relationship in this COVID-19 pandemic era.

Shyness and Subjective Well-being in Chinese Adolescents: Self-efficacy Beliefs as Mediators

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 3470-3480
Author(s):  
Caina Li ◽  
Yuan Wang ◽  
Meng Liu ◽  
Cuicui Sun ◽  
Ying Yang
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Subjective Well Being

Personality's Correlates of Adult Development and Aging

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Vittorio Caprara ◽  
Mariagiovanna Caprara ◽  
Patrizia Steca
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Development And Aging ◽  
And Gender

Three cross-sectional studies examined stability and change in personality over the course of life by measuring the relations linking age to personality traits, self-efficacy beliefs, values, and well-being in large samples of Italian male and female participants. In each study, relations between personality and age were examined across several age groups ranging from young adulthood to old age. In each study, personality constructs were first examined in terms of mean group differences accrued by age and gender and then in terms of their correlations with age across gender and age groups. Furthermore, personality-age correlations were also calculated, controlling for the demographic effects accrued by marital status, education, and health. Findings strongly indicated that personality functioning does not necessarily decline in the later years of life, and that decline is more pronounced in males than it is in females across several personality dimensions ranging from personality traits, such as emotional stability, to self-efficacy beliefs, such as efficacy in dealing with negative affect. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for personality theory and social policy.

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