The Relative Contribution of Mindfulness to Predicting Passion for Harmonious and Compulsive Work Among Autism Spectrum Disorder Teachers in Makkah Al Mukarramah

Althobaiti, Fatemah Hussain

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2024.361879

The Relative Contribution of Mindfulness to Predicting Passion for Harmonious and Compulsive Work Among Autism Spectrum Disorder Teachers in Makkah Al Mukarramah

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Fatemah hussain Althobaiti

Department of Special Education, College of Education, Umm Al Qura University

10.21608/jsrep.2024.361879

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the level of mindfulness and determine its relative contribution to predicting the passion for harmonious and compulsive work among teachers of children with autism spectrum disorder in Makkah Al Mukarramah. The descriptive causal approach was used, and the study sample consisted of (300) teachers of children with autism spectrum disorder. They were applied the Mindfulness Scale (Baer et al., 2006) translated by Al-Baheri et al. (2014), and the Passion for Harmonious and Compulsive Work Scale developed by the researcher (2023). The researcher used a set of statistical methods, including: frequencies and percentages; means and standard deviations; t-test for independent samples; Pearson Correlation Test; and Multiple Regression Analysis. The results of the study showed that: there was an average level of mindfulness, there was a statistically significant positive relationship between mindfulness and passion for harmonious work, and a statistically significant negative relationship between mindfulness and passion for compulsive work. The predictive dimensions of mindfulness explain 12.1% of the variance in passion for harmonious work and 16.1% of the variance in passion for compulsive work. The results were discussed and interpreted in light of the theoretical framework and previous studies.

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