Positive Psychological Resources Among Teachers of Primary School

Abstract

   The current study aims at illustrating the positive psychological resources among primary school teachers. In addition, it aims at identifying statistically significant differences in the positive psychological resources of primary school teachers according to the gender variable (males, females). The research sample consists of 300 teachers, 150 male and 150 female, of primary school affiliated with the Nasiriyah Education Department in the General Directorate of Dhi Qar Education (2022-2023)/ the morning study. The research sample is selected in a stratified random manner. For its empirical analysis, The study adopts Alawi`s (2022) scale for positive psychological resource as its analytic model. It consists of 32 paragraphs. The positive resources scale in the current research consists, in its final form, of four resources: self-efficacy, hope, resilience, and optimism. Each resource consists of eight paragraphs. Each paragraph has five alternatives that are given measures (1,2,3,4,5). Therefore, the highest score a respondent receives for each component is 40, and the lowest is 8. Accordingly, the theoretical average for each component is 24 scores. The study uses statistical methods that are calculated by the use of the computer program (SPSS), which are: Kai-square test, the second test for one sample, the second T-Test for two independent samples, Pearson correlation coefficient, Cronbach`s- alpha for internal consistency, analysis Simple regression. The most prominent results are: male and female primary school teachers have a high balance of positive psychological resources. The resource of hope is ranked first, then the resource of optimism, then the resource of self-efficacy, then resilience. Gender does not appear to have an effect on the resources of self-efficacy and hope, while the resource of resilience appears in favor of females, and the resource of optimism appears in favor of males.