Examining the Relationships Between Job Characteristics, Emotional Regulation and University Teachers’ Well-Being: The Mediation of Emotional Regulation
This study investigated the associations between university teachers’ emotional job demands, teaching support, and well-being, and examined the mediating effect of emotional regulation strategies (i.e., reappraisal and suppression) in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. The results of a survey o...
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doaj-489b31b1640b42d690803503ec8f7ec82020-11-25T03:52:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-08-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01727510714Examining the Relationships Between Job Characteristics, Emotional Regulation and University Teachers’ Well-Being: The Mediation of Emotional RegulationJiying Han0Hongbiao Yin1Junju Wang2School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University, Jinan, ChinaDepartment of Curriculum & Instruction, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, ChinaSchool of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University, Jinan, ChinaThis study investigated the associations between university teachers’ emotional job demands, teaching support, and well-being, and examined the mediating effect of emotional regulation strategies (i.e., reappraisal and suppression) in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. The results of a survey of 643 university teachers in mainland China indicated that emotional job demands and teaching support, which facilitated teachers’ use of reappraisal strategies, had desirable effects on their well-being. Reappraisal was beneficial to teachers’ well-being, and suppression was harmful. These findings support the mediation role of emotional regulation, and evidence the applicability of the JD-R model to a higher education context.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01727/fullemotional job demandsteaching supportemotional regulation strategieswell-beingill-beingthe job demands-resources model |
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Examining the Relationships Between Job Characteristics, Emotional Regulation and University Teachers’ Well-Being: The Mediation of Emotional Regulation |
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Examining the Relationships Between Job Characteristics, Emotional Regulation and University Teachers’ Well-Being: The Mediation of Emotional Regulation |
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examining the relationships between job characteristics, emotional regulation and university teachers’ well-being: the mediation of emotional regulation |
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This study investigated the associations between university teachers’ emotional job demands, teaching support, and well-being, and examined the mediating effect of emotional regulation strategies (i.e., reappraisal and suppression) in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. The results of a survey of 643 university teachers in mainland China indicated that emotional job demands and teaching support, which facilitated teachers’ use of reappraisal strategies, had desirable effects on their well-being. Reappraisal was beneficial to teachers’ well-being, and suppression was harmful. These findings support the mediation role of emotional regulation, and evidence the applicability of the JD-R model to a higher education context. |
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emotional job demands teaching support emotional regulation strategies well-being ill-being the job demands-resources model |
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