Naslov
Stress Due to Experienced Aggression and Teachers' Well-Being: The Role of Social Support

Autori
Slaviček, Esmeralda ; Vrselja, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Coping with Crisis – Pathways towards Resilience. Selected Proceedings of the 3rd International Scientific Conference of the Department of psychology at the Catholic University of Croatia

Urednik/ci
Knežević, Martina

Izdavač
Catholic University of Croatia

Grad
Zagreb

Godina
2023

Raspon stranica
71-86

ISBN
978-953-8014-74-1

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

Sažetak
Although aggression towards teachers is a growing problem, a few studies in Croatia have addressed it. The aim of this study was to examine the frequency of aggression toward teachers and the relationship between the stress teachers feel due to experienced aggression and their perceptions of social support and job satisfaction. The study lasted from March to April 2021 and was conducted online. It included 1227 elementary and secondary school teachers (1013 of whom were women), and participants’ ages ranged from 23 to 65 years. Participants self-rated their stress due to experienced aggression, frequency of experienced aggression, job satisfaction, and social support at work and in the family. The results show that 72.5% of teachers have experienced at least one form of aggression by their students during their professional life and 57.3% of them by the students’ parents. Verbal aggression is the most common, while electronic aggression by students is the least common. Physical aggression is the least common form of aggression by parents. In addition, high stress due to experienced aggression proved to be a significant predictor of lower teacher job satisfaction. In contrast, higher perceived social support from supervisors and colleagues proved to be a significant predictor of higher teacher job satisfaction. Furthermore, the moderating role of social support from supervisors and colleagues on the relationship between stress from experienced aggression and teachers’ job satisfaction was not demonstrated. This study has shown that aggression towards teachers is a major problem in Croatian schools, and although the moderating role of social support has not been proven, it has been shown to contribute greatly to increasing teachers’ job satisfaction.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Pedagogija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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