A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELF-COMPASSION AND WELLNESS OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS OF RAJABHAT UNIVERSITIES

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Sangdao Wattanaskulkiat

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The purposes of this study were 1) to study the level between self-compassion and wellness of pre-service teachers of Rajabhat universities, 2) to compare self-compassion and wellness of pre-service teachers of Rajabhat universities based on genders, majors and durations of internship, and 3) to examine the relationship between self-compassion and wellness of pre-service teachers of Rajabhat universities.  Participants were 502 pre-service teachers who were enrolled in the 5th year in the Faculty of Education of five Rajabhat Universities. They were selected by stratified samplings.  The instruments were the Inventory of self–compassion and the five-factor Wellness Inventory-5F-Wel. The statistical tests used to analyze the collected data included descriptive statistics, such as frequency, percentage, means, and standard deviation.  The statistical analyses for hypothesis testing were the t-test, the median test, and Pearson’s Product Correlation Analysis.


The research results are as follows: 1) The self-compassion and wellness in pre-service teachers of Rajabhat universities were overall at a high level, 2) The pre-service teachers of Rajabhat universities with different genders had significantly different self-compassion, but their wellness was not significantly different. Pre-service teachers with different majors and duration of internship had significant difference in wellness at the .05 level. 3) The correlational analysis revealed that all variable pairs were significantly correlated at the .05 level, and self-compassion was positively correlated with wellness in pre-service teachers of Rajabhat universities (r= .645).

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