Investigating the Structural Relationships between Cohesive Self-Knowledge, Self-Control, and Basic Psychological Needs with Elementary Teachers' Job Attitudes

The aim of this study was to examine the structural relationships between cohesive self-knowledge, self-control and basic psychological needs with the job attitudes of primary school teachers. The statistical population included all primary school teachers in Khoy city in the academic year 1399-1400 from among whom 302 people were selected as a sample via relative stratified random sampling method using Monte Carlo simulation method. For data collection, questionnaires of cohesive self-knowledge of Ghorbani et al. (2008), Tangni and Baumistro Boone self-control questionnaire (2004), questionnaire of basic psychological needs of Guardia, et al. (2000) and job attitude questionnaire developed by Yazdanpanah (2014) were used. The face validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by some academic experts and the internal reliability was obtained through Cronbach's alpha coefficient which turned out to be 0.84, 0.78, 0.80 and 0.79. respectively. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to test the normality of the data and due to the abnormality of the data distribution, structural equation analysis via Smart PLS software was used to test the hypotheses. The results of data analysis showed that cohesive self-knowledge, self-control and basic psychological needs have a positive and significant relationship with the job attitude of elementary teachers. The results show that by providing conditions for improving teacher skills in individual dimensions, we can facilitate the quality of teaching process.