Relative Importance of Basic Needs Satisfaction and Challenging Stressors on Teachers' Self-Confidence

This research can be classified as descriptive research. Since the desired data is obtained through sampling from the community to investigate the distribution of the characteristics of the statistical community, this research falls under the branch of correlation survey. The study takes place in a cross-sectional manner. The statistical population for this research consists of middle school teachers in Pars Abad city, totaling about ۲۶۰ individuals. The sample size is determined by Cochran's sample size formula. Cochran's formula for calculating the sample size is ۱۵۵. Standard questionnaires were utilized to assess each research variable. To assess the fundamental psychological needs, the standard questionnaire developed by Deci and Ryan (۲۰۰۰) was utilized, along with the challenging stressors questionnaire from Colquitt et al. (۲۰۱۰) and the self-confidence questionnaire from the same source. Measurement scales of the variables and then processed and analyzed using SPSS software and R statistical software. Findings show that the components of basic psychological needs account for ۵۴% of self-confidence and the challenging stressors account for ۴۵.۴% of self-confidence. Results shows that the research hypothesis that the relative weight of basic psychological needs and challenging stressors dimensions is not the same in their effect on increasing self-confidence was confirmed. It can be argued that the dimensions of basic psychological needs and challenging stressors have a significant impact on increasing the self-confidence of middle school teachers in Pars Abad city.

Keywords:

Relative Importance , Basic Needs Satisfaction , Challenging Stressors , Teachers , Self-Confidence.