Emotional Intelligence and Well-Being of Special Education Teachers in China: The Mediating Role of Work-Engagement

The well-being of special education teachers is key to their mental health and also influences the development of their students. This study aimed to investigate the psychological mechanism of the well-being of special education teachers in China, where they are maximum in number. We explored the ro...

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Autores principales: Fu, Wangqian, Wang, Chonggao, Tang, Wenjun, Lu, Sha, Wang, Yan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8435597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34526933
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.696561
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description The well-being of special education teachers is key to their mental health and also influences the development of their students. This study aimed to investigate the psychological mechanism of the well-being of special education teachers in China, where they are maximum in number. We explored the role of emotional intelligence (EI) and work engagement on the well-being of teachers. A total of 496 Chinese special education teachers participated in the current study. Results suggested that (1) the EI and work engagement were positively associated with the well-being of special education teachers; and that (2) work engagement played a mediating role on EI and well-being of special education teachers. To promote the well-being of special education teachers, suggestions for policymakers and schools are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-84355972021-09-14 Emotional Intelligence and Well-Being of Special Education Teachers in China: The Mediating Role of Work-Engagement Fu, Wangqian Wang, Chonggao Tang, Wenjun Lu, Sha Wang, Yan Front Psychol Psychology The well-being of special education teachers is key to their mental health and also influences the development of their students. This study aimed to investigate the psychological mechanism of the well-being of special education teachers in China, where they are maximum in number. We explored the role of emotional intelligence (EI) and work engagement on the well-being of teachers. A total of 496 Chinese special education teachers participated in the current study. Results suggested that (1) the EI and work engagement were positively associated with the well-being of special education teachers; and that (2) work engagement played a mediating role on EI and well-being of special education teachers. To promote the well-being of special education teachers, suggestions for policymakers and schools are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8435597/ /pubmed/34526933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.696561 Text en Copyright © 2021 Fu, Wang, Tang, Lu and Wang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Emotional Intelligence and Well-Being of Special Education Teachers in China: The Mediating Role of Work-Engagement
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8435597/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.696561
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