Predictive Role of Spiritual Well Being and Meaning in Life on Psychological Hardiness Levels of Teacher Candidates’: A Testing Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the prediction role of teacher candidates' spiritual well-being and meaning in life levels on psychological hardiness. Correlation research design was used in the study. The sample of the research is composed of 338 students (276 female and 62 male) who are studying at Marmara University Atatürk Education Faculty Pedagogical Formation unit. Personal Information Form, Spiritual Well-Being Scale, Psychological Hardiness Scale and Meaning in Life Scale were used as data collection tools in the research. The data of the study has been analyzed using SPSS 21.0 VE AMOS 20.0 programs. The effect of spiritual well-being and meaning in life on psychological hardiness were investigated via structural equation modelling (SEM) in the analysis of the research data. According to the results of the structural equation model, it has been found that psychological hardiness is significantly explained by spiritual well-being and meaning in life; and the model fit indices obtained fit well.

Keywords

• öğretmen adayı
• psikolojik dayanıklılık
• spiritüel iyi oluş
• yaşamda anlam
• yapısal eşitlik modeli