Satisfacción con la vida, resistencia ocupacional y ejercicio físico en maestros

Résumé

The present study aims to study life satisfaction, occupational hardiness and the reasons, intention and practice of physical-sports activity of Primary and Pre-school teachers in Spain. The design of the research has a quantitative, descriptive, transversal, correlational and predictive approach, by means of an online survey with incidental sampling. The sample consisted of 649 teachers in active employment (77.3% women and 22.7% men). The questionnaire is made up of: sociodemographic data, Occupational resistance questionnaire, Current physical exercise practice questionnaire-PACE, Revised physical activity practice motives questionnaire MPAM-R, adapted questionnaire on the intention to be physically active - MIFA and Life satisfaction scale.The results show a positive mean valuation of life satisfaction M=3.77 ± .72. The classification tree showed that the teachers with the greatest life satisfaction are those who are married or living in pairs, work in the specialty of Physical Education, Primary, Pre-school or Foreign Languages, and lead an active lifestyle. The occupational resistance score is high mean score, M=3.48±.363 (Likert Scale of 1-4), as well as in the Commitment M=3.68±.400, Challenge M=3.51±.461 and Control M=3.24±.516 dimensions. The Resistance variable is the one that most contributes to predicting life satisfaction. Also, a trend was found that practicing physical activity for fun significantly predicts satisfaction with life. Finally, only 12.5% of teachers are physically active and these teachers score significantly higher in all practice areas