Resilience, daily spiritual experience and self-efficacy of university teachers

Maria Regina Teixeira Ferreira Capelo, Christina César Praça Brasil, Noemí Serrano-Díaz, Zélia Maria de Sousa Araújo Santos, Rita Maria Baptista Lemos Silva

Daily Spiritual Experience, Resilience, University Teachers.

The university context, nowadays, is faced with accelerated changes and transformations of great magnitude that interfere in the daily life of the teacher, in particular, in their self-efficacy. The general objective of this study was to analyse the relationship between resilience, daily spiritual experience and self-efficacy of university teachers. A quantitative methodology is presented, cross-sectional and correlational study approach conducted in 2019. Participants were 189 university teachers of health course area of a private university of Ceará, Brazil. The scales of resilience, daily spiritual experience and self-efficacy scale of the university teachers were applied. The results achieved showed a positive association between daily spiritual experience and resilience, as well as, between daily spiritual experience and teacher self-efficacy; also, between daily spiritual experience and teacher self-efficacy. Therefore, it is suggesting further studies to help clarify the results achieved and that encompassing individual and contextual variables that influence, promote or differentiate university teachers.

Received: 06 Sep 2021, Received in revised form: 01 Oct 2021, Accepted: 07 Oct 2021, Available online: 18 Oct 2021

10.22161/ijaers.810.15