The Psychological Well-Being of The Educational Counselors and Its Relationship With Their Job Satisfaction

The researcher aimed to find out the correlation between psychological well-being and job satisfaction among male and female counselors, to determine statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level, and to measure the level of psychological well-being and job satisfaction of male and female counselors. The study population were 486 counselors (306 male and 180 female). To meet the purpose of the research, the researcher had to create a psychological well-being scale based on the scientific procedures in constructing instruments and scales, which is made up of 25 items, out of the study population of 150 counselors to meet the purpose of the research. The researcher also created a 20 item job satisfaction instrument. The researcher then used the scales on the research sample and conducted statistical analysis of the data, and the results of the research indicated that the counselors have psychological welfare and also report to be satisfied with their jobs. The findings also showed a significant relationship between the psychological well-being variables and job satisfaction of research sample participants, statistically.