The Influence of Selected Demographic Variables on Hardiness of EFL teachers in Palestine

This study aimed at investigating the influence of selected demographic (gender, marital status, qualifications, teaching experience, class size and salary) variables on hardiness levels (commitment, control, and challenge) of EFL teachers in Palestine. A sample of 271 of EFL teachers participated in the study. A modified form of Maddi & Kobasa’s (1983) Hardiness Inventory (HI) was used to measure the level of hardiness of English language teachers in Palestine. Results revealed that the total levels of hardiness behavior of English teachers in Palestine were generally high for all domains of hardiness (commitment, control and challenge) . This indicates that English teachers are hardy persons. There were significant differences in EFL teachers’ hardiness between EFL female teachers and EFL male teachers in favour of female teachers. Moreover, significant differences were found on the qualification variable in favour of the diploma. Whereas, there were no significant differences in EFL teachers hardiness on teaching experience, marital status and salary. Recommendations and implications were suggested.