Gratitude and Well-Being in Unfixed-salary Teacher

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to obtain empirical data regarding the closeness of the relationship between gratitude and well-being for unfixed-salary teachers in the "X" junior high school Bandung Regency. This research uses a correlation method with Pearson correlation test, and the measuringinstruments-used were the GQ-6 Questionnaire from McCullough and The Workplace PERMA Profiler from Seligman. The results of the research obtained a positive correlation of 0.745 with a high category, this means that there is a close relationship between gratitude and well-being in unfixedsalary teachers at SMP "X" in Bandung Regency. They feel a lot of wisdom or positive things they get while teaching at the school, so they remain happy and remain grateful for what they have gotten while becoming unfixed-salary teachers. The more they are grateful, their lives will be happier, because with us being grateful for what we have got, we will avoid negative thoughts and always think positively so that positive emotions will emerge in themselves. This can make them always prejudice to God and those around them, establish good relationships with other people, earnestly work and enjoy their work, feel the meaningfulness in their profession and always do good things to realize their goals. This shows that the higher the gratitude, the higher the well-being of unfixed-salary teachers at "X" junior