Predicting the Presence of Purpose Through the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of One’s Talents

Lane, F.; Schutts, Joshua W.

doi:10.1515/jcc-2014-0003

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“…Consistent with the teachers' answers that resilience and self-confidence are important characteristics in the development of meaning and purpose in students' life, self-efficacy (DeWitz et al, 2009;Lane & Schutts, 2014), curiosity and perseverance (Kashdan & Steger, 2007;Lee et al, 2015) are predictors of purpose in life. However, in contrast to the Malin et al, (2017) study, where grit was not mentioned in the interviews, the teachers in this study mentioned resilience and self-confidence -which are related to grit -as important characteristics for students to have in finding meaning and purpose in their lives.…”

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Character, meaning in life, and well-being of students from teachers' perspective

Yuliawati

Virlia

Sandjaja

et al. 2021

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Previous studies have revealed the benefits of character and meaning in life for individual well-being. However, little research has been conducted on elementary and junior high school teachers who teach students between the ages of 10-15 years (late childhood and early adolescence) in Indonesia. This study aims to explore teachers’ perceptions about character, meaning in life, and well-being. Interviews were conducted among 20 teachers. Our findings revealed that according to the teachers, the lessons and assessments in character education are well designed. However, coordination within the school community and with parents as well as specific roles between teachers and parents in building students’ character, meaning, and well-being needs to be improved. What teachers understood about meaning in life corresponds with the results of previous studies. Teachers’ understanding of well-being concept is still limited. They acknowledged family background, socioeconomic status, popularity, and academic achievement as important factors in students’ well-being. Keywords: character; meaning in life; well-being; teachers; children; adolescents

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