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- Title
Povezanost osobina ličnosti, nade, optimizma i zadovoljstva životom odgojitelja predškolske djece.
- Authors
Vorkapić, Sanja Tatalović; Puhalo, Jelena Jelić
- Abstract
The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between pre-school teachers' personality traits with their hopes, optimism and life satisfaction. The study included 20 pre-school institutions in 16 places that are located within 9 Croatian counties, and was applied on the sample of 339 educators. In the study four questionnaires were used. The results showed significantly high values of all personality traits, except for neuroticism, which was expected. High level of optimism of educators positively correlated with their hopes and life satisfaction. All personality traits positively correlated with hope, optimism and life satisfaction, except neuroticism, which negatively correlated with these three variables. The results established negative correlation of extraversion with age and years of service, while hope was not found to be associated with these socio-demographic variables. On the other hand, optimism and life satisfaction were found to be negatively associated with age. The established findings were discussed in the context of the changing role of contemporary pre-school teachers in relation to educational practice.
- Publication
Napredak, 2016, Vol 157, Issue 1/2, p205
- ISSN
1330-0059
- Publication type
Article