Happy, Stressed, and Angry : A National Study of Teachers' Emotions and Their Management
Journal article
Patulny, Roger, Bellocchi, Alberto, Mills, Kathy Ann, McKenzie, Jordan and Olson, Rebecca. (2019). Happy, Stressed, and Angry : A National Study of Teachers' Emotions and Their Management. Emotions: History, Culture, Society. 3(2), pp. 223-244. https://doi.org/10.1163/2208522X-02010058
Authors | Patulny, Roger, Bellocchi, Alberto, Mills, Kathy Ann, McKenzie, Jordan and Olson, Rebecca |
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Abstract | The teaching profession offers meaningful, stimulating work that accords with teachers’ sense of professional pride and identity, but is also synonymous with high levels of stress, conflict (and associated emotions such as anger and shame) and ultimately, attrition. The degree to which teachers within a national population ‘up-manage’ the former or ‘down-manage’ the latter emotions is unknown. This study utilises new data from the Australian Survey of Emotions and Emotion Management (SEEM) to examine emotions and emotion management among teachers, and workers in comparable service roles, such as health care and customer service, in contemporary Australian society. It finds that teachers exhibit great natural happiness, but also experience and hide (through surface-acting) high levels of stress. Teachers also experience high levels of anger compared to other professions, though they usually manage this successfully through deep acting strategies. These findings imply that teachers are generally happy and professionally committed to (and proud of) their work, but at the cost of managing significant levels of stress and conflict. We discuss the implications for teacher professional development, initial teacher education and policy, and the need to investigate anger/shame dynamics and management in future research into pedagogy. |
Keywords | emotion; emotion management; teaching; anger; stress; happiness |
Year | 01 Jan 2019 |
Journal | Emotions: History, Culture, Society |
Journal citation | 3 (2), pp. 223-244 |
Publisher | Brill |
ISSN | 2206-7485 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1163/2208522X-02010058 |
Web address (URL) | https://brill.com/view/journals/ehcs/3/2/article-p223_4.xml |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 223-244 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
15 Nov 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | Nov 2019 |
Deposited | 14 Aug 2024 |
Additional information | © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2019. |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90wx8/happy-stressed-and-angry-a-national-study-of-teachers-emotions-and-their-management
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