On the rocky road to efficient behavior management: Can emotional competencies signal the better way?
Self-efficacy beliefs in behavior management (SEBiBM) is a key issue for teachers, while emotional competence is a major contributor to professional success and sustainability in this profession. The investigation of the multifaceted nature of these two constructs may be important in order to take a...
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| author | Philippe Gay Philippe A. Genoud Gabriel Kappeler Marilena Cuozzo Jean-Marc Gomez Malika S. Bapst Marina Fiori |
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| description | Self-efficacy beliefs in behavior management (SEBiBM) is a key issue for teachers, while emotional competence is a major contributor to professional success and sustainability in this profession. The investigation of the multifaceted nature of these two constructs may be important in order to take a step toward understanding which emotional competence could foster specific aspects of SEBiBM. To explore this issue, elementary school teachers (N = 121, 1st-4th grades) answered the Profile of Emotional Competence, which comprises 12 scores of emotional competencies, and a four-dimensional self-efficacy scale for behavior management in the classroom. Results indicate that intrapersonal emotional competencies, as compared to interpersonal competencies, play a major role regarding self-efficacy beliefs. In particular, multiple regression analyses revealed that higher identification and understanding of personal emotions were associated with better perceived self-efficacy on two aspects of SEBiBM. In addition, using other’s emotions predicted proactive involvement of the pupil’s parent or caregiver. Results are discussed in terms of their contribution to research in educational sciences and in teacher education, particularly with respect to teachers’ sustainability in the profession. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60b8818007c24acea9b12895742765b22022-12-22T03:04:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-12-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10496171049617On the rocky road to efficient behavior management: Can emotional competencies signal the better way?Philippe Gay0Philippe A. Genoud1Gabriel Kappeler2Marilena Cuozzo3Jean-Marc Gomez4Malika S. Bapst5Marina Fiori6Haute Ecole Pédagogique Vaud, UER EN, Lausanne, SwitzerlandUniversité de Fribourg, Fribourg, SwitzerlandHaute Ecole Pédagogique Vaud, UER EN, Lausanne, SwitzerlandHaute Ecole Pédagogique Vaud, UER EN, Lausanne, SwitzerlandHaute Ecole Pédagogique du Valais, St-Maurice, SwitzerlandHaute Ecole Pédagogique Vaud, UER EN, Lausanne, SwitzerlandHaute Ecole Fédérale en Formation Professionnelle, Lausanne, SwitzerlandSelf-efficacy beliefs in behavior management (SEBiBM) is a key issue for teachers, while emotional competence is a major contributor to professional success and sustainability in this profession. The investigation of the multifaceted nature of these two constructs may be important in order to take a step toward understanding which emotional competence could foster specific aspects of SEBiBM. To explore this issue, elementary school teachers (N = 121, 1st-4th grades) answered the Profile of Emotional Competence, which comprises 12 scores of emotional competencies, and a four-dimensional self-efficacy scale for behavior management in the classroom. Results indicate that intrapersonal emotional competencies, as compared to interpersonal competencies, play a major role regarding self-efficacy beliefs. In particular, multiple regression analyses revealed that higher identification and understanding of personal emotions were associated with better perceived self-efficacy on two aspects of SEBiBM. In addition, using other’s emotions predicted proactive involvement of the pupil’s parent or caregiver. Results are discussed in terms of their contribution to research in educational sciences and in teacher education, particularly with respect to teachers’ sustainability in the profession.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1049617/fullemotional competenciesclassroom managementbehavior managementelementary schoolidentification of emotionsunderstanding of emotions |
| spellingShingle | Philippe Gay Philippe A. Genoud Gabriel Kappeler Marilena Cuozzo Jean-Marc Gomez Malika S. Bapst Marina Fiori On the rocky road to efficient behavior management: Can emotional competencies signal the better way? Frontiers in Psychology emotional competencies classroom management behavior management elementary school identification of emotions understanding of emotions |
| title | On the rocky road to efficient behavior management: Can emotional competencies signal the better way? |
| title_full | On the rocky road to efficient behavior management: Can emotional competencies signal the better way? |
| title_fullStr | On the rocky road to efficient behavior management: Can emotional competencies signal the better way? |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the rocky road to efficient behavior management: Can emotional competencies signal the better way? |
| title_short | On the rocky road to efficient behavior management: Can emotional competencies signal the better way? |
| title_sort | on the rocky road to efficient behavior management can emotional competencies signal the better way |
| topic | emotional competencies classroom management behavior management elementary school identification of emotions understanding of emotions |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1049617/full |
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