Abstract:

While the COVID-19 pandemic remains essential in the public health and medical sphere, studies on its short and long-term effects in business life are increasingly diversifying. In this context, the primary purpose of this study is to examine the impact of social studies teachers who have to adapt to significant changes and transformations in the pandemic process on their perceived self-efficacy and resilience on their overall well-being. For this purpose, using Stata and SPSS, we employ confirmatory factor analysis, correlation, and multiple regression analyses on the data obtained by survey technique from the sample of 183 social studies teachers in schools affiliated with Mugla Provincial Directorate of National Education. As a result of these analyses, it was found that the self-efficacy perceptions of the participants had a positive and significant effect on their psychological well-being. However, it was observed that only “perception of future” of the resilience dimensions of the participants had a positive and significant impact on psychological well-being. COVID-19 pandemic closure policies and other measures, such as closing schools, distance education, and remote work, have forced teachers to acquire new skills and implement them quickly as an important professional group. This study provides an assessment of the effects of perceived self-efficacy and resilience on psychological well-being in this process, which is the first time a global pandemic has been faced in such a broad scope.

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