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Espiritualidade e otimismo em estudantes, docentes e funcionários do ensino superior
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A Psicologia Positiva fez com que os estudiosos direcionassem as suas pesquisas para os
aspetos mais positivos da vida, o que inclui a espiritualidade e o otimismo. A espiritualidade
é uma dimensão importante para o ser humano e proporciona um sentimento de esperança e
segurança. Através da espiritualidade surge o mindfulness que significa atenção plena e é
uma prática que promove a gestão dos estados emocionais positivos e negativos. O otimismo
é também fundamental na vida do ser humano e tem uma grande influência na vida. É um
conceito associado a uma visão mais positiva da vida, sobretudo quando o indivíduo se
depara com adversidades. A investigação desenvolvida teve como objetivo examinar a
espiritualidade e otimismo no ensino superior, nomeadamente, em docentes, discentes e
funcionários. A metodologia foi quantitativa e transversal, com uma amostra por
conveniência que reuniu 326 participantes. Os instrumentos utilizados foram a Escala de
Espiritualidade de Pinto e Pais-Ribeiro (2007) e a Escala de Optimismo de Barros de
Oliveira (1998). Os resultados permitiram concluir que o otimismo, as crenças e a esperança
têm uma correlação positiva; o sexo feminino apresenta uma média superior nas crenças;
quem frequentou o ensino superior apresenta uma média mais elevada no otimismo; quanto
maior a idade, maior é o otimismo, as crenças e a esperança; os docentes têm uma média
mais elevada no otimismo, nas crenças e na esperança; quanto às áreas de formação, as áreas
relacionadas com educação apresentam mais esperança; quem pratica mindfulness tem mais
otimismo. Concluiu-se que neste estudo, a espiritualidade e o otimismo apresentaram
resultados significativos no ensino superior, verificando-se o mesmo para o género, idade,
profissão, formação e mindfulness.
Positive Psychology has made researchers shift their studies to more positive aspects of life such as spirituality and optimism. Spirituality is an important dimension to human beings and provides a sense of hope and security. Through spirituality comes up mindfulness which means being conscious or aware of something and is a practice that promotes management of positive and negative emotional states. Optimism is also fundamental and has a meaningful influence in our lives because it’s a concept that’s associated to a more positive outlook on life specially when facing adversity. The research was carried out with the goal to examine spirituality and optimism in higher education, more specifically about teachers, students and staff. The methodology was quantitative and transversal with a convenience sample that included 326 participants. The instruments used were the Scale of Spirituality by Pinto and Pais-Ribeiro (2007) and the Scale of Optimism by Barros de Oliveira (1998). The results allowed us to conclude that optimism, beliefs and hope have a positive correlation; females have higher average than males in beliefs; people that have attended university scored higher in optimism; the older you are, the higher you score on the optimism, beliefs and hope scales; faculty teachers scored higher on optimism, beliefs and hope; people that studied in fields related with education had more hope and people that practice mindfulness scored higher on the optimism scale. With this study, we concluded that spirituality and optimism showed significant results in higher education, with the same thing happening for gender, age, job/profession, mindfulness and education.
Positive Psychology has made researchers shift their studies to more positive aspects of life such as spirituality and optimism. Spirituality is an important dimension to human beings and provides a sense of hope and security. Through spirituality comes up mindfulness which means being conscious or aware of something and is a practice that promotes management of positive and negative emotional states. Optimism is also fundamental and has a meaningful influence in our lives because it’s a concept that’s associated to a more positive outlook on life specially when facing adversity. The research was carried out with the goal to examine spirituality and optimism in higher education, more specifically about teachers, students and staff. The methodology was quantitative and transversal with a convenience sample that included 326 participants. The instruments used were the Scale of Spirituality by Pinto and Pais-Ribeiro (2007) and the Scale of Optimism by Barros de Oliveira (1998). The results allowed us to conclude that optimism, beliefs and hope have a positive correlation; females have higher average than males in beliefs; people that have attended university scored higher in optimism; the older you are, the higher you score on the optimism, beliefs and hope scales; faculty teachers scored higher on optimism, beliefs and hope; people that studied in fields related with education had more hope and people that practice mindfulness scored higher on the optimism scale. With this study, we concluded that spirituality and optimism showed significant results in higher education, with the same thing happening for gender, age, job/profession, mindfulness and education.
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Psicologia positiva Espiritualidade Otimismo Mindfulness Comunidade educativa do Ensino Superior Positive psychology Spirituality Optimism Mindfulness University community Psicologia da Educação . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades