The Status of Positive Psychology Strengths within the Romanian School in the Digital Society

<p>The aim of this study is to identify the possible correlations between the strengths that are taught in school and those which are necessary for reaching personal success. In order to test the extent to which these strengths correlate, we applied a psychological-assessment tool composed of...

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Main Authors: Georgeta Pânişoară, Ion Ovidiu Pânişoară, Cristina Sandu, Ruxandra Chirca (Neacşu)
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Language:English
Published: EduSoft publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Brain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://www.edusoft.ro/brain/index.php/brain/article/view/648
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spelling doaj-a23c6511fcdb4694aa7ab0c5d0b91e422020-11-24T23:13:07ZengEduSoft publishingBrain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience2068-04732067-39572017-01-0174522488The Status of Positive Psychology Strengths within the Romanian School in the Digital SocietyGeorgeta Pânişoară0Ion Ovidiu Pânişoară1Cristina Sandu2Ruxandra Chirca (Neacşu)3University of BucharestUniversity of BucharestUniversity of BucharestUniversity of Bucharest<p>The aim of this study is to identify the possible correlations between the strengths that are taught in school and those which are necessary for reaching personal success. In order to test the extent to which these strengths correlate, we applied a psychological-assessment tool composed of 24 strengths with a Likert-type response scale. The subjects selected for this research were 100 teachers from Romania, both male and female. The results were processed in SPSS Statistics, where we also calculated Pearson's correlation coefficient. After analyzing the descriptive statistics and the correlation coefficient we noticed that the "Vitality" strength showed a statistically significant negative correlation between the two groups, therefore it is not taught in school but it is considered important for achieving personal success. The "Citizenship" strength showed a statistically significant positive correlation, being concurrently promoted in school and important in achieving success.</p><p>The neuro-linguistic reprogramming of a young individual will need a considerable effort, first of all as regards being aware of the values which render his well-being, and secondly as regards his orientation towards these values, which as it seems he was not at all oriented to. The new student profile of today’s society, also known as the digital native, needs to assimilate a full set of positive psychology values in order to create a complete model of success for nowadays’ world.</p>http://www.edusoft.ro/brain/index.php/brain/article/view/648school, strengths, success, positive psychology, neuropsychology, neuro-linguistic programming, digital native
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author Georgeta Pânişoară
Ion Ovidiu Pânişoară
Cristina Sandu
Ruxandra Chirca (Neacşu)
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Ion Ovidiu Pânişoară
Cristina Sandu
Ruxandra Chirca (Neacşu)
The Status of Positive Psychology Strengths within the Romanian School in the Digital Society
Brain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience
school, strengths, success, positive psychology, neuropsychology, neuro-linguistic programming, digital native
author_facet Georgeta Pânişoară
Ion Ovidiu Pânişoară
Cristina Sandu
Ruxandra Chirca (Neacşu)
author_sort Georgeta Pânişoară
title The Status of Positive Psychology Strengths within the Romanian School in the Digital Society
title_short The Status of Positive Psychology Strengths within the Romanian School in the Digital Society
title_full The Status of Positive Psychology Strengths within the Romanian School in the Digital Society
title_fullStr The Status of Positive Psychology Strengths within the Romanian School in the Digital Society
title_full_unstemmed The Status of Positive Psychology Strengths within the Romanian School in the Digital Society
title_sort status of positive psychology strengths within the romanian school in the digital society
publisher EduSoft publishing
series Brain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience
issn 2068-0473
2067-3957
publishDate 2017-01-01
description <p>The aim of this study is to identify the possible correlations between the strengths that are taught in school and those which are necessary for reaching personal success. In order to test the extent to which these strengths correlate, we applied a psychological-assessment tool composed of 24 strengths with a Likert-type response scale. The subjects selected for this research were 100 teachers from Romania, both male and female. The results were processed in SPSS Statistics, where we also calculated Pearson's correlation coefficient. After analyzing the descriptive statistics and the correlation coefficient we noticed that the "Vitality" strength showed a statistically significant negative correlation between the two groups, therefore it is not taught in school but it is considered important for achieving personal success. The "Citizenship" strength showed a statistically significant positive correlation, being concurrently promoted in school and important in achieving success.</p><p>The neuro-linguistic reprogramming of a young individual will need a considerable effort, first of all as regards being aware of the values which render his well-being, and secondly as regards his orientation towards these values, which as it seems he was not at all oriented to. The new student profile of today’s society, also known as the digital native, needs to assimilate a full set of positive psychology values in order to create a complete model of success for nowadays’ world.</p>
topic school, strengths, success, positive psychology, neuropsychology, neuro-linguistic programming, digital native
url http://www.edusoft.ro/brain/index.php/brain/article/view/648
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