Relationship between teacher well-being with the belief in a just world and students’ violence against teachers

This research was conducted with the purpose of studying the simple and interactive relationship between teacher well-being (Positive and negative affect and life and job satisfaction) with the belief in a just world and the student’s violence against teachers in Esfahan, Iran.   Population of the study included all male and female teachers, teaching in the high schools in Esfahan in spring ۲۰۰۸.A sample of ۲۴۰ male and female teachers were selected through multi-stage random sampling. Research instruments were: a ۴۷-item job satisfaction questionnaire, ۲۰-item positive and negative affection scale ,۵-item life satisfaction scale,۴-item questionnaire on student’s violence against teachers and  ۷-item questionnaire on the belief in a just world . Data was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression analysis. The results of hierarchical regression analysis revealed that the interaction between students’ violence against teachers and just world beliefs had not the predictive power for the prediction of positive affect, job and life satisfaction. But the interaction between students’ violence against teachers and just world belief had the predictive power for the prediction of negative affect. Posterior analysis also showed that only among teachers who were lower in just world beliefs , student’s violence against teachers has  the predictive power for the prediction of negative affect

کلیدواژه ها:

Well - Being ، Just world beliefs ، Student s violence against teachers ، High school teachers ، بهزیستی معلمان ، باور به دنیای عادلانه ، رفتارهای پرخاشگرانه دانش آموزان ، معلمان دبیرستان