Relational model between Emotional intelligence and Work Engagement with Mediating Role of Positive and Negative perfectionism among High school teachers in Shiraz

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• behnoosh ghadarghadr jahromi ¹
• Mohammad khayyer ²
• Nadereh Sohrabi ³
• siamak Samani ⁴

¹ Ph.D. Student in Educational Psychology, Department of psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

² Ph.D. in psychology ,Professor, Department of psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

³ Ph.D. in psychology, Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, University of Islamic Azad, Marvdasht, Iran

⁴ Ph.D. in psychology, Associate professor, Department of Psychology, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad university, Shiraz, Iran

10.30495/jpmm.2022.25863.3174

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the Relationship model between Emotional Intelligence and Work Engagement with the mediating role of Positive perfections and Negative Perfections among High school teachers in Shiraz . This research is correlational studies and using structural equation modeling for testig the hypothsis. In this study, the statistical population is considered to be High School Techers in four districts of Shiraz in 1398. The sample size is 231 teachers composed of 128 females and 103 males, that were selected by two -stage cluster sampling. The instruments for measureing the variables, were Schutte's Emotional Intelligence(1998), Schaufeli's work Engagement(2002) and Terry-Short 's perfectionism(1995). The results were obtained using descriptive statistic and inferential statistic. In order to test the proposed model, the structural equation method was used. The results showed that both Positive Perfections and Negative Perfections have a significant mediating role between Emotional Intelligence and Work Engagement.

Keywords

• Work Engagement
• Positive Perfectionism
• Negative Perfectionism
• Emotional Intelligence

20.1001.1.22285516.1400.12.46.1.2

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