The efectivness of teaching existential consciousness on teachers' life quality and job satisfaction

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of existential awareness training on quality of life and job satisfaction of first grade teachers. This study is a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all teachers in the first grade of Takestan city in the academic year of 1395-96 with 400 students. Using available sampling method, 20 individuals were selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Questionnaire and Barry Fieldworth's Job Satisfaction Questionnaire were used for data collection. Univariate Covariance test was used for data analysis. The results showed that existential awareness training had a significant effect on increasing the quality of life of teachers (p <0.001). . The results also showed that existential consciousness training had a significant effect on teachers' job satisfaction (p <0.001). Therefore, existential awareness training has been effective in enhancing the quality of life and job satisfaction of teachers.