Wednesday 22 July 14:05
- 15:35
Hall: 13 - Room 10 SA
Chair:
Ciucci Enrica
Discussant:
Marchetti Antonella
Division: Division 5: Education and School Psychology
Teachers' and students' well-being in the school context have received growing attention, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies have identified many individual, relational, and organizational level factors that influence teachers' and students' well-being.
The goal of the present symposium is to explore factors that influence teachers' and students' wellbeing and how to enhance it. Specifically, two contributions are presented as part of the same large international research project on teachers' well-being and mental health following the COVID-19 Pandemic: using a qualitative approach, Matteucci et al., highlighted the crucial role of socio-relational factors in supporting teachers' well-being in the Italian context. The quantitative study by Palikara et al., involving teachers across a broad age range, showed that subjective well-being and job satisfaction mutually influence each other, and that both were negatively affected by dissatisfaction with school workplace conditions. Using a mixed-methods approach, Crescentini et al. reported the results of interventions aimed at promoting teachers' Psychological Capital (PsyCap) that is demonstrably linked to enhanced personal well-being and improved work performance. Two contributions directly concern student well-being. The one by Baroncelli and colleagues evidenced that students who enjoy higher levels of personal well-being benefit more from a positive and supportive school atmosphere in the development of their social-emotional competences. The contribution by Colomeischi et al. underscores the predictive role of grit, hope, and resilience in promoting students' well-being and proposes individual and environmental strategies that can be effectively employed to foster these psychological resources.
The present symposium permits a deeper understanding of how supporting teachers' and students' well-being means not only strengthening healthy psychological states in both groups but also enhancing school environments in terms of relational climate.
