Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
373688 System 2009 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

The study reported in this paper was conducted to examine the relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ emotional intelligence and their self-efficacy in Language Institutes. To this end, 89 EFL teachers were selected from different Language Institutes in Mashhad, a city in north-east of Iran. The participants were asked to complete the “Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale” and the “Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire”. Data analysis and statistical calculations revealed that there is a significant relationship between the teachers’ emotional intelligence and their self-efficacy. To investigate which components of emotional intelligence might have more predictive power in predicting teacher’s self-efficacy, regression analysis was run. Three subscales of emotional intelligence – emotional self-awareness, interpersonal-relationship, and problem solving – were found to be good predictors of teacher self-efficacy. The conclusions and implications of the research were discussed with reference to the earlier findings.

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