The Influence of Social Emotional Learning and Coping on Teacher Well-Being: An Application of Positive Psychology

Zhang Guoying, Azlina Abu Bakar, Taufiqnur Selamat

Abstract: Positive psychology emphasizes well-being leading to a meaningful life with personal development. Teacher's well-being (TWB) plays an essential role in quality of teaching and students' achievements. In this study, the objective was to determine the influence of social and emotional learning and coping as the predictors to TWB among high middle scahool teachers. Teacher Well-being Scale, SEL Scale for Teacher and Brief COPE and were adopted as instruments for this quantitative research in Yinchuan. A cross-sectional study was conducted to test the hypothesis of the study. Survey data were gathered from 12 school teachers then analyzed by SPSS and Smart-PLS. Findings yielded that teachers' social and emotional learning (t=4.779, p<0.01) and coping (t=26.356, p<0.01) have positive relationships on the TWB among high middle school teachers in this region.

Keywords: Teacher's well-being, social and emotional learning, coping, positive psychology