Measurement and Associative Factors Analysis of Life Meaning for Preschool Teachers

• Main Authors: Hai-Lun Chang, 張海倫
• Other Authors: Hsing-Ming Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37351418255761775753

碩士 === 樹德科技大學 === 幼兒保育學系 === 96 === The purposes of this research were to develop preschool teachers’ life meaning scale (PTLMS), and explore preschool teachers’ meaning of life and related factor. This research employed a multistage sampling method and selected totally 780 preschool teachers. Each preschool teacher was administered PTLMS assessing life meaning. Statistically, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), analysis of variance(ANOVA), was applied to the quantitative procedures of parameter estimations and measurement model test. The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that PTLMS had good psychometric quality, and was a reliable and valid instrument. By utilizing second order confirmatory factor analysis to examine the preschool teachers’ life meaning measurement model, we found that the hypothesis model fitted the observed data, and preschool teachers’ meaning of life is aggregate constructs of innovation of life meaning, gratification of life meaning, and sublimation of life meaning. According to ANOVA, we found that age, seniority, nursery school style, job experience, life style, physiological and psychological health are the influence factors about preschool teachers’ meaning of life. Based on the findings, suggestions for preschool teachers, preschools, preschool teacher's cultivator institute and future study were included in this study