Date of Award

Spring 2023

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

College

College of Education

Department

Department of Education

Primary Advisor

Dr. Sarah Yates

Second Advisor

Dr. Thomas Gollery

Third Advisor

Dr. Lisa Coscia

Abstract

This non-experimental, quantitative study aimed to examine the factors that influence the self-perceived well-being of teachers in K-12 Christian schools. The sample for this study was convenient, non-probable, and purposive and comprised of 81 teachers from one Christian school system in Florida. The measurement tool used in this study is based on Seligman’s (2011) work on well-being. The Workplace PERMAH Profiler is a valid and reliable (α = .94) instrument that measures flourishing in terms of six domains: positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, accomplishment, and health. The internal reliability of study participant responses to survey items associated with the construct of well-being was evaluated using Cronbach’s alpha (α). The internal reliability levels achieved in the study across all 23 survey items associated with the study’s construct of well-being was very good at α = .87. A one-sample t-test was conducted to assess the statistical significance of study participant response to survey items associated with the six dimensions of the study’s overarching construct of well-being. The response effects for all six dimensions of the construct of well-being were statistically significant. In five of the six dimensions of the construct of well-being, the response effects were considered huge (d ≥ 2.0). The response effect for the dimension of health was considered medium (d = .47). The single greatest response effect within the six dimensions of the construct of well-being was reflected in the dimension of meaning (d = 3.94), closely followed by the dimension of accomplishment (d = 3.44).

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