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- Title
Emotional Intelligence, Unpleasant Emotions, Emotional Exhaustion, and Job Satisfaction in Physical Education Teaching.
- Authors
Lee, Ye Hoon; Kwon, Hyungil Harry; Richards, K. Andrew R.
- Abstract
Purpose: Previous literature has demonstrated the contribution of emotional intelligence to various socioemotional processes including well-being, job performance, and leadership effectiveness. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among emotional intelligence, unpleasant emotions, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction in physical educators. Method: A total of 271 high school physical educators in the United States completed online questionnaires that measured the proposed variables. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were employed to test study hypotheses. Results: The results revealed that emotional intelligence was negatively associated with unpleasant emotions experienced by physical educators. In turn, unpleasant emotion was positively associated with emotional exhaustion and negatively associated with job satisfaction. In addition, emotional intelligence was negatively associated with emotional exhaustion. Discussion/Conclusions: This is the first study to highlight the importance of emotional intelligence on well-being and job-related attitude in physical education contexts.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout; JOB satisfaction; EMOTIONAL intelligence; PHYSICAL education; PHYSICAL education teachers; LEADERSHIP
- Publication
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2019, Vol 38, Issue 3, p262
- ISSN
0273-5024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jtpe.2018-0177