Naslov
Stress Due to Experienced Aggression and Teachers' Job Satisfaction: The Role of Social Support

Autori
Slaviček, Esmeralda ; Vrselja, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts 3rd International Scientific Conference of the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of Croatia, “Coping with Crisis – Pathways Towards Resilience” / - , 2021, 124-124

Skup
3. međunarodni znanstveno-stručni skup Odjela za psihologiju Hrvatskog katoličkog sveučilišta “Suočavanje s kriznim situacijama – putevi jačanja otpornosti”

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 09.12.2021. - 11.12.2021

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Predavanje

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Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
teachers, aggression, stress, job satisfaction, social support

Sažetak
Although aggression towards teachers is a growing problem, a few studies in Croatia have researched this topic. In addition to examining the frequency of teacher aggression perpetrated on them by students and parents, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between stress in teachers due to experienced aggression, and their perception of social support and job satisfaction. The study involved 1227 primary and secondary school teachers, of whom 1013 were women and 214 men. The following instruments were used: a stress questionnaire due to experienced aggression, which was constructed for the purposes of this research, the Scale of Violence Directed Against Teachers (Marčinković, 2018), the Teaching Satisfaction Scale (TSS ; Ho and Au, 2006) and the Scale of Social Support at Work and in the Family (Šimunić et al., 2016). The results showed that 72, 5% of teachers, during their working life, experienced at least one form of aggression by their students, and 57, 3% of them by the students` parents. Verbal aggression is the most common, while electronic aggression is the least performed by students, and physical aggression by parents. Also, high stress due to experienced aggression proved to be a significant predictor of lower job satisfaction in teachers. In contrast, higher perceived social support from superiors and colleagues proved to be significant predictors of greater job satisfaction in teachers. Furthermore, the moderating role of social support of superiors and colleagues on the relationship between stress due to experienced aggression and job satisfaction in teachers has not been proven.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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