The Role of Critical Thinking and Psychological Capitals in Predicting Job Satisfaction of Married Teachers in Tehran

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of critical thinking components and psychological capital in the job satisfaction of married teachers in Tehran. Descriptive and correlation methods have been used to collect and analyze information. The research population consisted of all teachers working in the education areas of Tehran, of which 142 teachers, including 70 women (8 under 5 years, 16 between 6-10 years, 11 between 11-15 Years, 32 people with more than 15 years of service) and 72 men (4 people under 5 years, 11 people between 6-10 years old, 23 people between 11-15 years old, 29 people with more than 15 years of service) available and volunteer To participate in the research, they were selected from 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 15 education districts of Tehran in the academic year 2009-2010 and completed the California Critical Thinking Questionnaire, Lutens Psychological Capital and Field and Ruth Job Satisfaction. The collected data were analyzed by correlation and stepwise regression. The results showed that the average job satisfaction of teachers was 63.27 and the highest average in psychological capital in the dimension of hope with a score of 23.94 and the highest average in critical thinking in the dimension of inductive reasoning skills with a score of 4.57. While the critical thinking score range is between 0-34, which indicates the low scores of teachers in a variety of critical thinking skills.