The role of psychological capital in predicting teachers job adjustment

Esa Jafari¹ Parasto Bahrami² Ali Salmani³

1) Associate professor of psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2) Master of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University Khalkhal Branch, Khalkhal, Iran.
3) Master of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University.

IOI Code : XDKA-GZCZH
Publication : First National Student Scientific Conference on Psychology(cpssuma.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of this study was to investigate the role of psychological capital in predicting teachers job adjustment. The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study included all teachers of the second secondary school in the academic year 2019-2020 in Karaj. 103 teachers were selected as the sample by available sampling method. The Lutans (2007) Psychological Capital Questionnaire and the Purkabirian (2007) Job Adjustment Questionnaire were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation test and multiple regression. Findings showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between psychological capital and teachers job adjustment. The results of regression analysis also showed that approximately 53% of the variance of teachers job adjustment is predictable based on psychological capital variables. Therefore, it can be concluded that psychological capital is one of the variables related to job adjustment in teachers that needs attention and study by those involved in education.

Keywords : psychological capital job adjustment teachers