The Relationship between, Psychological Well-Being and Occupational Self-Efficacy among Teachers in the City of Mysore, India

Abstract

This study aimed at exploring the relationship between Occupational Self-Efficacy and psychological well-being among teachers in the city of Mysore, India. There are two major objectives of the study: to study the relationship between occupational self-efficacy and psychological well-being; and to investigate the effect of the variable of gender on occupational self-efficacy and psychological well-being. 600 teachers, from both Government and Private Schools, have been drowned by random sampling. A Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient and Mann Whitney’s U test have been applied to analyze hypotheses using SPSS version 20. The results of Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient indicated a positive and significant correlation between occupational self-efficacy and psychological well-being. The findings highlighted that, in the educational field, organizations should concentrate on teachers as a key element of the educated society; hence, they should concentrate on the psychological aspects of teachers’ personality. The study has also found that high self-efficacy and high psychological well-being are positively related; which in turn, could be considered in workplace in order to progress the productivity of educational outcomes. Finally, there was no significant effect of gender on both occupational self-efficacy and psychological well-being.

The Teacher´s Wellbeing in Teacher-Student Interactions

“… The occupational self-efficacy questionnaire developed by Sanjoyot Pethe, Sushama Chaudhari and Pinder Dhar has been employed to assess the occupational effectiveness of the employees. To measure Psychological well-being, Carol Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale was used in the study by Salimirad and Srimathi [30];…”

“…According to Mehinezhad [7], teachers who are more content have a greater degree of perceived proficiency at work by students, along with higher student perception of their classroom management and their skills at coping with problem situations through the use of appropriate strategies. Teacher's psychological well-being and occupational self-efficacy can affect their teaching methods' efficiency in the teaching setting [30]. «When teachers feel that they can control the class, they have good relationships with students, and they succeed in motivating them to study independently.…”

“…«When teachers feel that they can control the class, they have good relationships with students, and they succeed in motivating them to study independently. They can apply efficient methods that let students have better learning proficiency» [30].…”

“…A study by Ilgan et al [6] determined that co-worker support increased the well-being score in standardized questionnaire studies and increased self-efficacy and led to more effective lesson preparation and classroom management. To add to this, school administrators and professional organizations should focus more on the psychological aspects of the teacher's personality, including the self-perceived fitness and resilience of the educator, according to Salimirad and Srimathi [30].…”

Exploring the Relationship Between Teachers Well Being and Professional Commitment

“…Based on the transactional model of stress and copying, in-depth interviews were conducted with 60 teachers of the elementary and secondary school. Descriptive and correlational research confirms that teacher-student relationship evokes the feeling of happiness and well-being which further leads to high level of commitment among teachers(10).Hagger (2011) studied on Pre-service teacher's goals and well-being of teachers. In this study, 88 pre-service teachers reported professionally related goals and concerns and well-being.…”