Abstract

• The primary purpose of this study was to study psychological resilience and psychological well being of teachers in Salin Township. The research design for this study was quantitative research design and survey method. To investigate this purpose, 406 teachers (SAT=131, JAT=155, PAT=120) who were randomly chosen from selected schools in Salin Township, Magway Region as the participants of the study. The two questionnaires; Psychological Resilience Scale (PRS) (Bartone, Ursano, Wright, & Ingraham, 1989; Natnael Terefe, 2015) and Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB),42 Item version (Ryff,1989) were used to collect data. The result of t test showed that there was no significant difference in teachers’ psychological resilience and psychological well-being by gender. The results of ANOVA revealed that there were significant differences in teachers’ psychological resilience and psychological well-being by position, teaching experience and school location. The Pearson Product-Moment Correlation result revealed that a positively significant relationship (r=.657) was found between psychological resilience and psychological well-being. This study was related to some extent to many programmes for transforming education. The results of this study was suggested that administrators, counsellors and teachers should be interested in developing programmes for improving psychological resilience, promoting psychological well-being and reducing problems concerning workplace.