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Which Well-Being Elements Are Fundamental for Early Childhood Educators in the Chinese Context? A Network Analysis | |
Li, Jian Bin1; Deng, Jiaxin2; Xu, Yu1; Sun, Jin3; Chen, Junjun4; Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.5; Zhang, Rui6; Qiu, Shiqi1 | |
2023-10-11 | |
Source Publication | Applied Research in Quality of Life |
ISSN | 1871-2584 |
Volume | 19Issue:1Pages:103-134 |
Abstract | Early childhood educators’ (ECEs) well-being has attracted worldwide attention given its importance to many individual, organizational, and child outcomes. ECEs’ well-being is a multidimensional construct that encompasses a number of elements. These elements are interrelated and represent a complex psychological network. Scant research has examined the features of this network and whether the network would be upheld for ECEs across career stages. This study uses a network analysis to identify pervasive and robust features of well-being in ECEs from diverse career developmental phases. Participants were 1,188 ECEs (1,008 females, M = 32.19 years) recruited from four cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. They reported mental (i.e., subjective well-being and psychological well-being), occupational (i.e., job stress, job satisfaction, job burnout, and work engagement), and physical (i.e., physical health and role functioning of health) well-being. The results showed that emotional exhaustion was the most central element in the network whilst some other eudaimonic elements from the occupational aspect (e.g., vigor, dedication, and depersonalization) also occupied relatively important places. Further invariance analyses suggested that the above network was largely equivalent across ECEs at the novice, advanced beginner, and competent career stages. Theoretically, this study informs which elements are playing the fundamental role in the holistic well-being network among Chinese ECEs. Practically, the findings also provide implications for prevention and intervention strategies and career counselling to enhance Chinese ECEs’ different aspects of well-being. |
Keyword | Career Development Occupational Health Preschool Teachers Psychological Network Wellness |
DOI | 10.1007/s11482-023-10233-5 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | SSCI |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Social Sciences - Other Topics |
WOS Subject | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
WOS ID | WOS:001081835600001 |
Publisher | SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85173826211 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | Faculty of Education |
Corresponding Author | Li, Jian Bin |
Affiliation | 1.Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2.The Center for Psychometrics and Latent Variable Modeling, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China 3.Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macao 4.Department of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 5.Teacher Education and Learning Leadership Academic Unit, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 6.Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Li, Jian Bin,Deng, Jiaxin,Xu, Yu,et al. Which Well-Being Elements Are Fundamental for Early Childhood Educators in the Chinese Context? A Network Analysis[J]. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2023, 19(1), 103-134. |
APA | Li, Jian Bin., Deng, Jiaxin., Xu, Yu., Sun, Jin., Chen, Junjun., Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.., Zhang, Rui., & Qiu, Shiqi (2023). Which Well-Being Elements Are Fundamental for Early Childhood Educators in the Chinese Context? A Network Analysis. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19(1), 103-134. |
MLA | Li, Jian Bin,et al."Which Well-Being Elements Are Fundamental for Early Childhood Educators in the Chinese Context? A Network Analysis".Applied Research in Quality of Life 19.1(2023):103-134. |
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