Life satisfaction and Optimism among Private School Teachers and Government School Teachers

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the life satisfaction and optimism among teachers of North India. 54 female teachers between the age group of 30 to 45 years residing in North India were the participants of this study. Snowball sampling technique was used for collecting the data through google forms. The life orientation test – Revised (LOT- R) (Michael Scheier and Charles Carver, 1994) and the satisfaction with life (Diener, et al 1985) were used to assess the optimism and life satisfaction respectively. It was hypothesized that there will be significant difference between the life satisfaction of government and private school teachers of North India and there will be significant difference between optimism of government and private school teachers of North India. It was also hypothesized that there will be significant relationship between life satisfaction and optimism of school teachers of North India. The results of the study indicated that there is significant difference between the optimism of government and private school teachers of North India. The findings also show that there is significant correlation between life satisfaction and optimism of teachers of North India. The findings indicate that there is no significant difference between life satisfaction of government and private school teachers of North India.