School climate, teacher resilience, and interpersonal skills: A mediation test

Author: 
Aiza L. Sango and Jocelyn B. Bacasmot, PhD

This study was conducted to find out the significance of school climate, teacher resilience, and interpersonal skills: A mediation test of teachers among public schools in Baganga North and South District, Division of Davao Oriental, Region XI, Philippines. The study used quantitative, non-experimental research design using correlational technique and mediation analysis. Moreover, 128 junior high school teachers were surveyed using the universal sampling using an adapted, 5-point Likert-type questionnaires a survey questionnaire. Weighted,mean, Pearson r, and multiple regression were used as statistical tools. The result shows that the level of interpersonal skills of junior high school teachers was high, the level of school climate was high, and the level of resilience of teachers was very high. Moreover, data show that there was significant relationship between school climate and resilience of teachers, there was a significant relationship betweeninterpersonal skillsand school climate of teachers. Similarly, data revealed a significant relationship between the interpersonal skills and resilience of teachers. Further, there is very strong, positive and statistically significant direct effect of school climate on resilience of teachers. However, data shows that there is no significant mediating effect of interpersonal skills of teachers on the relationship of school climate and resilience of teachers.

Paper No: 
5696