PERCEIVED DIFFICULTIES RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND RESILIENCE AMONG SCHOOL AND ACADEMIC TEACHERS IN POLAND
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https://doi.org/10.12775/AUNC_PED.2022.016Keywords
resilience, teachers’ resilience, perceived difficulties, academic teachers, school teachers, COVID-19 pandemicAbstract
The current study aimed to investigate whether there are any differences between school teachers and academic teachers in Poland concerning perceived difficulties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and resilience; and if so, to identify the differences. The respondents included 139 teachers, including school (n = 68) and academic teachers (n = 71) who completed The Resilience Assessment Scale (SPP-25) and the Scale of Perceived Difficulties Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic (SOTCov19). Glass rank biserial correlation coefficient effect size for Mann-Whitney two-sample rank-sum test was used to determine whether there were any differences between school and academic teachers relating to perceived difficulties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and resilience. The study shows that school and academic teachers differ significantly in terms of perceived difficulties related to the COVID-19 pandemic and resilience. Further, school teachers experience significantly greater difficulties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and show less resilience than academic teachers.
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