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

Abstract

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.