Correlation between Academic Staff Wellbeing and Developing Emotional Intelligence of Students

Autor

  • Megi Tirana Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Education, University Aleksander Moisiu, L.1, Rruga e Currilave, Durrës, Albania
  • Matilda Memaj Lifelong Learning Centre, Faculty of Education, University “Aleksandër Moisiu”, Kampusi Universitar, Spitallë, 2000, Durrës, Albania
  • Edlira Vakaj College of Computing, Birmingham City University, STEAMhouse, Belmont Row, Birmingham, B4 7RQ, United Kingdom
  • Libor Pavera Department of Economics Teaching Methodology, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Prague University of Economics and Business, Nám. Winstona Churchila 1938/4, 120 00 Praha, Czech Republic
  • Martina Pavlíková Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, B. Slančíkovej 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2025.2.669.675

Słowa kluczowe:

wellbeing, emotional intelligence, correlation, students, academic staff

Abstrakt

Aim. The main aim of this thesis is to research the correlation between academic staff wellbeing and students’ emotional intelligence development. This study aims to explore how physical health, mental, and emotional health of academic staff affect their capacities to promote emotional intelligence skills like consciousness, sensitivity, and students’ emotional regulation.

Methods. This study will adopt a mixed methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methods of gathering data to comprehensively explore the correlation between academic staff wellbeing and students’ emotional intelligence development. A sample of 100 professors is available from different departments in higher institutions and will be selected randomly by being layered out. The selection will include various professors related with gender, age, and experience.

Results. Quantitative data analysis, by using the correlation Pearson coefficient and regression analysis, discovered a positive moderate correlation between academic staff and emotional intelligence of students (r = 0.52, p <0.01). This suggests that the higher the academic staff's wellbeing the better the students' emotional intelligence.

Conclusion. The findings of this study show a clear correlation and meaning between professors' well-being and students’ emotional intelligence.

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Biogram autora

  • Megi Tirana - Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Education, University Aleksander Moisiu, L.1, Rruga e Currilave, Durrës, Albania

    PhD candidate in didactics, a full-time lecturer at the University of Durres, Albania, in the Department of Foreign Languages. Master's degree in English/Albanian Language and Literature from the University of Durres, Albania. Bachelor's in English Language. She has experience in multiple international educational and research projects as a manager, educator, medical, legal, and general translator and interpreter. Author of various articles published in different scientific journals

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Opublikowane

2025-06-27

Jak cytować

Tirana, M. ., Memaj, M., Vakaj, E., Pavera, L., & Pavlíková, M. (2025). Correlation between Academic Staff Wellbeing and Developing Emotional Intelligence of Students. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 16(1), 669-675. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2025.2.669.675