Inteligencia emocional, engagement y flourishing docente: el papel mediador de las interacciones centradas en la emoción
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El estudio examinó la relación entre la inteligencia emocional (IE) del profesorado, sus interacciones centradas en la emoción con su alumnado y los niveles de engagement y de flourishing. Se realizaron análisis de mediación para analizar el papel mediador de las interacciones centradas en la emoción en el vínculo entre IE docente y bienestar laboral y personal. Participaron 346 docentes de diferentes centros de educación secundaria. Los resultados mostraron que las interacciones centradas en la emoción mediaron parcialmente la relación entre la IE y el engagement, así como entre la IE y el flourishing. Estos hallazgos sugieren que la IE del profesorado contribuye a su bienestar y compromiso tanto de forma directa como a través de las interacciones emocionales con el alumnado, destacando la importancia de promover competencias emocionales como forma de generar estrategias emocionales con el alumnado que fomenten el bienestar docente.
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