The relationship between components of EFL teachers' spiritual intelligence and their work engagement

IF 2.1 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI:10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105093

Ping Yin , Nan Liu

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Abstract

The role of teachers' spiritual intelligence in their professional behaviors and emotions has been ignored in the literature. To address this gap, this particular study investigated the relationship between the components of Spiritual Intelligence and Chinese's EFL teachers' work engagement. Employing purposeful sampling, the researcher shared the link of the questionnaire among 498 Chinese's English language learners in M.A. and PhD levels in Shandong province, three municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai that were directly under the Central Government, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and other 13 provinces. To collect the required data, two valid questionnaires were used: Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Questionnaire and Teachers' Work Engagement Questionnaire. The researcher used descriptive and inferential statistics; Pearson correlation coefficient, and multivariate analysis in Amos to analyze the obtained data. The specific findings of the present study confirmed a direct, positive, and significant relationship between teachers' spiritual intelligence and their work engagement. Implications are also discussed to raise teachers' awareness of spirituality and work.

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英语教师精神智力各成分与工作投入的关系

教师的精神智力在其职业行为和情感中的作用在文献中一直被忽视。为了解决这一问题，本研究调查了精神智力各组成部分与中国英语教师工作投入之间的关系。采用有目的的抽样方法，研究人员在山东省、北京、重庆、上海三个直辖市、宁夏回族自治区和其他13个省的498名中国硕士和博士英语学习者中分享了调查问卷的链接。为了收集所需的数据，本研究使用了两份有效问卷：《精神智力自述问卷》和《教师工作投入问卷》。研究者使用了描述性和推断性统计；Pearson相关系数，并在Amos中进行多变量分析，对所得数据进行分析。本研究的具体结果证实了教师精神智力与工作投入之间存在着直接的、积极的、显著的关系。探讨了提高教师精神意识和工作意识的启示。

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Acta Psychologica PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

5.60%

发文量

274

审稿时长

36 weeks

期刊介绍： Acta Psychologica publishes original articles and extended reviews on selected books in any area of experimental psychology. The focus of the Journal is on empirical studies and evaluative review articles that increase the theoretical understanding of human capabilities.