Teachers’ Subjective Happiness: Testing the Importance of Emotional Intelligence Facets Beyond Perceived Stress

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Table 1 Overview of the Main Characteristics of the Study Participants

Sociodemographic Variable	n (%)
Gender
Female	821 (62.1%)
Male	502 (37.9%)
Age group
22–34	204 (15.4%)
35–49	674 (50.9%)
50–68	445 (33.6%)
Teaching level
Childhood education	155 (11.7%)
Primary education	406 (30.7%)
Secondary education	529 (40%)
Post-secondary education	68 (5.1%)
Non-specified	165 (12.5%)
Work experience
1–10 years	442 (33.4%)
11–20 years	426 (32.2%)
> 21 years	455 (34.4%)
Marital status
Single	361 (27.3%)
Married	805 (60.8%)
Divorced/Separated	88 (6.7%)
Widow/widower	20 (1.5%)
Coupled	17 (1.3%)
Non-specified	32 (2.4%)
Contractual status
Indefinite contract at state-run institutions	825 (62.4%)
Temporary contract	135 (10.2%)
Others/non-specified	363 (27.5%)

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Correlations

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Self-emotion appraisal	1
2. Other-emotion appraisal	0.55	1
3. Use of emotion	0.59	0.50	1
4. Regulation of emotion	0.62	0.39	0.53	1
5. Perceived stress	−0.41	−0.19	−0.34	−0.37	1
6. Subjective happiness	0.44	0.26	0.47	0.41	−0.55	1
Mean	5.63	5.50	5.58	5.26	1.17	5.40
SD	0.88	0.92	0.89	0.96	0.64	0.95

Notes: N = 1323. All correlations coefficients were significant at p< 0.001 level.

Table 3 Main Results for the Regression Analysis with Subjective Happiness as Dependent Variable

	B	SE	t	p	BCa 95% CI for B
Gender	0.09	0.04	2.04	*	[0.003 to 0.173]
Age	−0.02	0.00	−4.18	***	[−0.024 to −0.009]
Marital status	0.01	0.02	0.64	0.522	[−0.029 to 0.057]
Teaching level	0.04	0.02	1.93	0.054	[−0.001 to 0.078]
Teaching experience	0.00	0.00	1.61	0.109	[0.000 to 0.001]
Contractual status	−0.04	0.01	−3.15	**	[−0.069 to −0.016]
Perceived stress	−0.59	0.04	−16.91	***	[−0.659 to −0.522]
Self-emotion appraisal	0.10	0.03	2.95	**	[0.033 to 0.166]
Other-emotion appraisal	−0.04	0.03	−1.36	0.174	[−0.092 to 0.017]
Use of emotion	0.26	0.03	8.67	***	[0.201 to 0.318]
Regulation of emotion	0.09	0.03	3.17	**	[0.034 to 0.143]
R^2 = 0.42; F (11,1311) = 86.68***

Notes: The beta reported in the table is the unstandardized regression coefficient for the final equation. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: B, unstandardized beta; BCa 95% CI for B, confidence interval with lower and upper limits for beta coefficients; SE, standard error.