Well-Being of Physical Education Teachers as a Precondition of Successful Professional Position: The Case of Lithuania/Dobrobit profesora tjelesnog odgoja kao preduvjet uspješnog profesionalnog položaja: slučaj Litve

Abstract

Abstract 

The article deals with the well-being of Lithuanian physical education teachers as a precondition of their successful professional position. The sample size, consisted of 324 physical education teachers (183 men and 141 women) working in secondary schools in Lithuania, representing the whole population of Lithuanian physical education teachers. Well-being, which was characterised by physical education teachers according to the experienced tension, and its various causing factors, was evaluated on a 12-point scale.

It has been established that women feel stress more often because of problems in the family (p < 0.001). Older physical education teachers feel underestimated more than their younger counterparts (p < 0.01), and they suffer from various ailments (p < 0.05). Comparison of data between men and women in the group of 20 and less years of teaching experience showed that women suffer from family problems more often than men (p < 0.01), and in the group of 20 and more years of teaching experience women face financial difficulties more often than men (p < 0.05). Physical education teachers (women) feel tension due to more diverse factors than men. Besides, every third research participant suffers from tension during his/her professional activities. 

Key words: physical education teachers; professional position; well-being.

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Sažetak

Tema je rada dobrobit litavskih profesora tjelesnog odgoja, kao preduvjet njihova uspješnog profesionalnog položaja. Uzorak kojim je obuhvaćena cjelokupna populacija sastoji se od 324 profesora tjelesnog odgoja (183 muškarca i 141 žena), koji su zaposleni u litavskim srednjim školama. Dobrobit koju su profesori tjelesnog odgoja opisivali s obzirom na doživljenu napetost i njezine brojne uzročnike, ocjenjivana je na ljestvici od 12 stupnjeva. 

Utvrđeno je da žene češće doživljavaju stres zbog obiteljskih problema (p < 0,001). Stariji profesori tjelesnog odgoja češće se osjećaju nedovoljno cijenjenima nego njihovi mlađi kolege (p < 0,01), a pate i od raznih tegoba (p < 0,05). Usporedba podataka za muškarce i žene u skupini ispitanika s 20 i manje godina iskustva u nastavi pokazuje da žene češće pate zbog obiteljskih problema nego muškarci (p < 0,01), a u skupini ispitanika s 20 i više godina iskustva u nastavi žene su češće suočene s financijskim poteškoćama od muškaraca (p < 0,05). U slučaju profesorica tjelesnog odgoja napetost je uzrokovana većim brojem raznolikih faktora nego što je to slučaj kod njihovih kolega. Osim toga, svaki treći ispitanik osjeća napetost prilikom obavljanja profesionalnih aktivnosti.  

Ključne riječi: profesori tjelesnog odgoja; profesionalni položaj; dobrobit.