Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout among Spanish Teachers: A Mediation Study
The benefits of emotional intelligence and their alleviating impact on work-related stress among teachers have been gaining salience in this research field. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between emotional abilities and the burnout syndrome and whether the affective balance me...
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doaj-33a198d99d024036bbe60c8b288d142a2021-05-11T12:11:47ZengColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridPsicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación1135-755X2174-05262021-05-0127213514310.5093/psed2021a1011320559Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout among Spanish Teachers: A Mediation StudyKonstanze Schoeps0Alicia Tamarit1Montserrat Peris-Hernández2Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla3University of Valencia, Valencia , Spain, University of Valencia, SpainUniversity of Valencia, Valencia , Spain, University of Valencia, SpainUniversity of the Basque Country, Spain, University of the Basque Country, SpainUniversity of Valencia, Valencia , Spain, University of Valencia, SpainThe benefits of emotional intelligence and their alleviating impact on work-related stress among teachers have been gaining salience in this research field. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between emotional abilities and the burnout syndrome and whether the affective balance mediates this interplay. Using a structural equation modeling framework with self-report data from 200 schoolteachers aged between 22 to 64 years (M = 44.97, SD = 9.31, 73.50% women), the study design was a cross-sectional one. Results showed significant direct and indirect effects of mood clarity and emotional repair on all four burnout dimensions, while attention did not predict teacher burntout. Positive affect mediated the relationship between emotional intelligence and enthusiasm toward the job, while negative affect mediated the association between emotional abilities and negative burnout symptoms. Our findings suggest that enhanced emotional abilities are directly associated with lower levels of work-related stress, however, negative affect restrains this positive influence. https://journals.copmadrid.org/psed/art/psed2021a10 emotional intelligenceteacher burnoutwork stresspositive and negative affectwell-beingstructural equation modeling |
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Konstanze Schoeps Alicia Tamarit Montserrat Peris-Hernández Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout among Spanish Teachers: A Mediation Study Psicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación emotional intelligence teacher burnout work stress positive and negative affect well-being structural equation modeling |
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Konstanze Schoeps Alicia Tamarit Montserrat Peris-Hernández Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla |
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Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout among Spanish Teachers: A Mediation Study |
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Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout among Spanish Teachers: A Mediation Study |
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Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout among Spanish Teachers: A Mediation Study |
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Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout among Spanish Teachers: A Mediation Study |
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Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Burnout among Spanish Teachers: A Mediation Study |
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impact of emotional intelligence on burnout among spanish teachers: a mediation study |
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Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid |
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Psicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación |
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1135-755X 2174-0526 |
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The benefits of emotional intelligence and their alleviating impact on work-related stress among teachers have been gaining salience in this research field. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between emotional abilities and the burnout syndrome and whether the affective balance mediates this interplay. Using a structural equation modeling framework with self-report data from 200 schoolteachers aged between 22 to 64 years (M = 44.97, SD = 9.31, 73.50% women), the study design was a cross-sectional one. Results showed significant direct and indirect effects of mood clarity and emotional repair on all four burnout dimensions, while attention did not predict teacher burntout. Positive affect mediated the relationship between emotional intelligence and enthusiasm toward the job, while negative affect mediated the association between emotional abilities and negative burnout symptoms. Our findings suggest that enhanced emotional abilities are directly associated with lower levels of work-related stress, however, negative affect restrains this positive influence. |
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emotional intelligence teacher burnout work stress positive and negative affect well-being structural equation modeling |
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