Stress and Emotions in School – Perception of Employees and Ways of Recovering in Function of Psychological Flourishing

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https://doi.org/10.15291/ai.3204

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emocije, oporavak od posla, psihološki procvat, stres, škola, zadovoljstvo životom

Abstract

The goal of the study was to question the differences among school employees, depending on their position at school and length of service, according to the way of recovering from stress, stress perception, in the function of psychological flourishing, life satisfaction and positive and negative emotions.. Second goal of the study was to examine the contribution of gender, work experience, life satisfaction, emotions, stress perception and ways of recovering from stress to the explanation of the psychological prosperity of employees by hierarchical regression analysis. Perceived Stress Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, Flourishing Scale, PANAS scale and Recovery Experience Questionnaire were used. The study was done in 15 primary schools, it included 190 participants, 166 women and 24 men. Among teachers and non teaching staff there seem to be differences regarding psychological flourishing which in a greater degree is perceived by teachers, however, in respect of life satisfaction, positive and negative emotions, stress perception and the ways of recovering from stress there seem to be no significant differences. There seem to be differences concerning length of service in respect of psychological flourishing, life satisfaction and positive emotions, which are mostly perceived by younger study participants. The results of hierarchical regression analysis indicate that the greatest part of psychological flourishing of teachers can be explained by life satisfaction and positive emotions, while on the other hand with non teaching staff it can be explained by perceived stress, live satisfaction, positive and negative emotions.

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