ISRZ researchers presented four papers at the 46th STAR conference

At the 46th STAR conference (Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience – Digital Minds, Human Hearts: Resilience in the Time of Anxiety and Disruption), held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb, the ISRZ researchers presented four scientific papers.

Iris Marušić, PhD presented the paper dedicated to secondary school teachers' burnout, titled “Are autonomous teachers more resilient to burnout? Teacher autonomy, personality and burnout”. Ivana Pikić Jugović, PhD discussed the importance of various sources of social support for the secondary school pupils' wellbeing, in the paper titled “Who helps adolescents flourish? Multisource social support and adolescent flourishing”. Both papers resulted from the project “National Panel Research of Secondary Schools - CIROscope“, financed by the NextGenerationEU fund via the ISRZ programme agreement with the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Youth.

Josip Šabić, PhD addressed music teachers' intention to remain in the profession, in the paper titled “Employment contract type as a moderator of the relationship between psychological factors and music teachers’ intention to remain in the profession“, within the symposium “Challenges and Psychological Resources of Employees in Educational Settings“. The paper is based on the findings of the project “Educational and Career Plans of Youth in Music Education - MUSICPLAN“, also financed by the NextGenerationEU fund via the ISRZ programme agreement with the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Youth.

Dora Petrović, PhD talked about the differences in burnout with regard to early-career teachers’ personality profiles, in the paper titled “Who struggles most? Exploring burnout differences across early-career teachers’ personality profiles“. The paper is a part of her doctoral thesis, and a result of the project “The role of personality, motivation and socio-emotional competences in early-career teachers’ occupational well-being - TeachWell“, financed by the Croatian Science Foundation.
The participation of the Institute's researchers at the conference contributed to the communication and dissemination of Institute's current research findings on psychological wellbeing of pupils and teachers in various educational contexts.

The Book of Abstracts is available here.