Podium Presentation 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology 2019

Teachers’ Efficacy as the Mediator on the Relationship between Teachers’ Well-being and Teacher-Student Relationship in Indonesia (#294)

Aprida Sondang 1
  1. Wahid Foundation, JAKARTA SELATAN, DKI JAKARTA, Indonesia

This study investigated the teachers’ inner lives and the link with their relationship with students in terms of proximity and influence. Three research questions were examined: (1) whether teachers’ well-being is correlated with teacher-student relationship; (2) whether teachers’ efficacy is correlated with teacher-student relationship; and (3) whether the relationship between teacher well-being and teacher-student relationship is mediated by teachers’ efficacy. A total of 110 teachers (35 males, 75 females, M age = 44.6 years, SD = 8.9) from six secondary school (junior high school) in Jakarta, Indonesia participated in the study. Results showed significant associations between teacher well-being and teacher-student relationship as well as teachers’ efficacy and teacher-student relationship. In addition, the teachers’ well-being and teachers’ efficacy were found could predict teacher-student relationship. This study also found the mediation effect of teachers’ efficacy on the relationship between teacher well-being and teacher-student relationship.