TEACHERS’ RESILIENCE IN POLAND – THE ROLE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND PROFESSIONAL FACTORS
TEACHERS’ RESILIENCE IN POLAND – THE ROLE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND PROFESSIONAL FACTORS

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: Teachers’ resilience is the dynamic interaction between personal, social, and physical resources to counteract risk factors in the school context by maximizing protective resources.Research Aim: The present study aims to verify whether sociodemographic and professionalvariables significantly differentiate teachers’ levels of resilience.Method: The study included 752 teachers of different stages of education. The Teachers’ Resi-lience Scale by Platsidou and Danilidou in the Polish adaptation by Boczkowska was used tomeasure resilience.Results: The teachers in the sample obtained the highest mean scores in the Family cohesiondimension, while the lowest in the Social competence and peer support dimension. The analysesshowed that sociodemographic variables (gender, age, place of residence and marital status) si-gnificantly differentiated the teachers’ level of resilience (total score and/or scores on individualsubscales). Also, professional variables (workplace, seniority, and professional development le-vel) significantly differentiated teachers’ resilience in the studied group.Conclusions: The results broaden the knowledge of teachers’ resilience and they can be usedin the design of activities aimed at enhancing teachers’ ability to adapt positively in the face ofdifficult, stressful, or traumatic events.

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