The Relationship between Teachers’ Emotion Regulation and Psychological Well-Being in English Language Classrooms: Emotion Regulation Strategies in Focus
الموضوعات : نشریه تخصصی زبان، فرهنگ، و ترجمه (دوفصلنامه)
لعیا تهامی زرندی
1
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مهری حداد نرفشان
2
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پیمان صیف الدین
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1 - دانشجوی دکترای زبان انگلیسی، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرمان، کرمان، ایران
2 - استادیار آموزش زبان انگلیسی، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرمان، کرمان، ایران
3 - استادیار آموزش زبان انگلیسی، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرمان، کرمان، ایران
الکلمات المفتاحية: emotion regulation, Emotion Regulation Strategies, psychological well-being, cognitive reappraisal, expression suppression,
ملخص المقالة :
The present study investigated the relationship between teachers’ emotional regulation and psychological well-being. It also explored the emotion-regulation strategies used by349English language teachers.The research, a cross-sectional mixed-method survey, studied Iranian high school teachers from Kerman Province and four of its. Tocollect the data, teachers’ emotion regulation strategies questionnaire and psychological well-being questionnaire were submitted to English language teachers either in person or via email. In addition, a semi-structured interview was used to explore the teachers’ reflections concerning the strategies that they use in regulating their emotions. Correlations showed that emotion regulation and its sub-scale (cognitive reappraisal) correlated positively with teachers’ psychological well-being among English language teachers.The preferred strategy of emotion regulation was cognitive reappraisal. Moreover, the findings showed a medium level of emotion regulation and psychological well-being among English language teachers.Besides, the qualitative findings revealed that teachers used situation selection, situation modification, attention deployment, and cognitive change to regulate their emotions. In brief, curriculum and educational planners should take steps to support teachers in regulating their emotions, which contributes to their psychological well-being.
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