ERIC Number: EJ1219436
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jun
Pages: 17
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Life Skills as a Predictor of Psychological Well-Being of Pre-Service Pre-School Teachers in Turkey
Kasapoglu, Koray; Didin, Melek
International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, v6 n1 p70-85 Jun 2019
This study aims to investigate the relationship between pre-service pre-school teachers' life skills and psychological well-being and to determine whether or not various variables related to pre-service pre-school teachers (gender, age, grade level, type of instruction, cumulated grade point average, status of taking course about life skills) and their life skills significantly predict their psychological well-being. In this quantitative study with correlational design, data were gathered from 391 pre-service pre-school teachers studying at a state university, with 5-point Likert-type Life Skills Scale developed by Bolat and Balaman (2017); 7-point Likert-type Psychological Well-being Scale developed by Diener, Wirtz, Tov, Kim-Prieto, Choi, Oishi and BiswasDiener (2010) and adapted into Turkish by Telef (2013). Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, canonical correlation and hierarchical regression. It is concluded that pre-service pre-school teachers' psychological well-being levels are relatively high and that the life skill they developed most is communication and interpersonal relationships. Canonical correlation results indicate that there is a medium-level relation between life skills and psychological well-being and that psychological well-being is significantly predicted by gender, age, and the following life skills: "empathy and self-awareness", "decision-making and problem-solving", "creative and critical thinking". [Paper presented at the First International Science and Education Congress held in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey on March 23-25, 2018.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Instructional Program Divisions, Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables, Empathy, Self Concept, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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