AUTHOR=Reppa Glykeria , Mousoulidou Marilena , Tzovla Eirini , Koundourou Christiana , Christodoulou Andri 

TITLE=The impact of self-efficacy on the well-being of primary school teachers: a Greek-Cypriot study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1223222

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1223222

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1001"><title>Introduction</title><p>This research was conducted to examine the extent to which teachers’ self-efficacy affects their well-being following the COVID-19 pandemic. The originality of the research lies in the fact that there are not enough studies that simultaneously examine the relationship between well-being and self-efficacy in primary school teachers in Greece and Cyprus.</p></sec><sec id="sec2001"><title>Methods</title><p>A total of 258 primary school teacher participants took part in this study, aged 23–62. The Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale and the PERMA Profiler questionnaire were used to study the relationship between teachers’ well-being and self-efficacy.</p></sec><sec id="sec3001"><title>Results</title><p>Results show that after the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers’ well-being is moderate to high. Moreover, teachers’ self- efficacy is also high and related to their well-being.</p></sec><sec id="sec4001"><title>Discussion</title><p>An important finding from the current research is that teachers’ self-efficacy in promoting student engagement was the most important predictor for teachers’ well-being. The implications of the results are discussed, and recommendations are made.</p></sec>