The relationship of rural kindergarten teachers' emotional intelligence and work engagement in China: the chain mediation role of emotional labor strategies and general self-efficacy.

IF 2.7 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY BMC Psychology Pub Date : 2025-02-22 DOI:10.1186/s40359-025-02475-9

Haojie Yuan, Zhonglian Yan, Yifei Zhao, Jiayuan Lei

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Abstract

Emotional intelligence plays an important role in enhancing rural kindergarten teachers' work engagement and is closely related to their emotional labor strategies and self-efficacy. The Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS), the Emotional Labor Strategies Scale (ELS), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and the Work Engagement Scale (UWES) were administered to 314 rural kindergarten teachers in Henan Province, a region in central China. The results found that (1) kindergarten teachers' emotional intelligence, emotional labor strategies, self-efficacy, and work engagement showed a significant positive correlation; (2) kindergarten teachers' emotional intelligence, emotional labor strategies, and self-efficacy all significantly and positively predicted their work engagement; and (3) further Bootstrap method analyses revealed a chain-mediating effect of emotional labor strategies and self-efficacy between emotional intelligence and kindergarten teachers' work engagement.

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BMC Psychology Psychology-Psychology (all)

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3.90

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2.80%

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265

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24 weeks

期刊介绍： BMC Psychology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of psychology, human behavior and the mind, including developmental, clinical, cognitive, experimental, health and social psychology, as well as personality and individual differences. The journal welcomes quantitative and qualitative research methods, including animal studies.