Perceived Difficulties Related to the Covid-19 Pandemic and Resilience Among School and Academic Teachers in Poland

The current study aimed to investigate whether there are any differences between school teachers and academic teachers in Poland concerning perceived difficulties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and resilience; and if so, to identify the differences. The respondents included 139 teachers, including school (n = 68) and academic teachers (n = 71) who completed The Resilience Assessment Scale (SPP-25) and the Scale of Perceived Difficulties Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic (SOTCov19). Glass rank biserial correlation coefficient effect size for Mann-Whitney two-sample rank-sum test was used to determine whether there were any differences between school and academic teachers relating to perceived difficulties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and resilience. The study shows that school and academic teachers differ significantly in terms of perceived difficulties related to the COVID-19 pandemic and resilience. Further, school teachers experience significantly greater difficulties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and show less resilience than academic teachers.