The Relationship between Teachers’ Emotion Regulation and Psychological Well-Being in English Language Classrooms: Emotion Regulation Strategies in Focus

Journal of Language, Culture, and Translation

دوره 4، شماره 2، فروردین 2022، صفحه 209-234   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30495/lct.2022.701028

نویسندگان

Laya Tahami Zarandi¹؛ Mehry Haddad Narafshan^{* 2}؛ Peyman Seyfaddini²

¹Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Foreign Languages, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

²Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

چکیده

The present study investigated the relationship between teachers’ emotional regulation and psychological well-being. It also explored the emotion-regulation strategies used by 349 English language teachers. The research, a cross-sectional mixed-method survey, studied Iranian high school teachers from Kerman Province and four of its. To collect 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.
 

کلیدواژه‌ها

Cognitive reappraisal؛ Emotion regulation؛ Emotion regulation strategies؛ Expression suppression؛ Psychological well-being