QUALITY OF LIFE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROFESSORS: A CLUSTER ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT Teaching in Higher Education requires involvement in several roles that can affect perceived quality of life within this class of workers. This study sought to determine the quality of life profiles of Physical Education professors and to associate them with their personal and professional characteristics. A total of 93 professors from the Greater Florianópolis mesoregion participated. A profiling questionnaire and the Whoqol-bref were used, in addition to Cluster analysis, the Ward method, and the Kruskal-Wallis, Friedman’s and Chi-Square tests. Three groups of professors were identified: Group I had a more negative perception and lower scores in the whole quality of life construct (no involvement in extension); Group II had a more positive perception and higher quality of life scores (extension program coordinators); Group III had a regular perception of the overall assessment and of the physical and psychological domains, and intermediate scores compared to the other Groups (university extension collaborators).摘要：高等教育教学工作要求教职人员承担多重角色，而这些角色会对该群体的感知生活质量造成影响。本研究旨在探析体育专业教师的生活质量特征，并分析其与个人及职业特质的关联。共计93名来自弗洛里亚诺波利斯大都市区（Greater Florianópolis mesoregion）的教师参与了本次研究。本研究采用个人概况调查问卷与世界卫生组织生活质量简表（WHOQOL-BREF），并辅以聚类分析（Cluster analysis）、沃德法（Ward method）、克拉斯卡-沃利斯检验（Kruskal-Wallis）、弗里德曼检验（Friedman’s）及卡方检验（Chi-Square tests）。研究将受访教师划分为三个组别：第一组对生活质量整体构念的感知更为消极，各项得分偏低（未参与大学推广项目）；第二组感知更为积极，生活质量得分更高（担任大学推广项目协调员）；第三组对生活质量整体评估及生理、心理维度的感知处于中等水平，得分介于前两组之间（为大学推广项目协作人员）。