The mediating role of emotional intelligence between self-efficacy and resilience in Chinese secondary vocational students

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience in Chinese secondary vocational students and examine the mediating effect of emotional intelligence. Methods: In September 2023, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in 282 Chinese students from three secondary vocational schools by using a voluntary and anonymous structured questionnaire, which included a general self-efficacy scale (GSES), emotional intelligence scale (EIS), and resilience scale (RS). The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 software and macro PROCESS. Results: The scores of self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, and resilience of Chinese secondary vocational students were above the average level. Correlations among the self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, and resilience levels of students were significant. The analyses of mediating effect showed that emotional intelligence partially mediated the influence of self-efficacy on resilience of secondary vocational students. Conclusion: Self-efficacy was positively associated with resilience. Self-efficacy not only has a direct effect on the resilience of secondary vocational students but it also indirectly affects the resilience through the mediating role of emotional intelligence. These findings valuable for designing the secondary vocational school programs aimed at improving students’ psychological resilience. © © 2024 Jiang.

Keywords

Author Keywords

self-efficacy resilience emotional intelligence secondary vocational students survey

Index Keywords

adult cross-sectional study female human male adolescent Article young adult language self concept practice guideline Chinese human experiment internal consistency normal human high school mediation analysis psychological resilience family support structured questionnaire sample size correlation analysis correlation coefficient Vocational student Emotional intelligence cluster sampling method demography dependent variable emotional development emotional intelligence scale general self efficacy scale health care survey independent variable macro PROCESS mathematical variable psychological resilience scale Resilience Scale of Adolescent skewness coefficient method State Trait Anxiety Inventory

Author Affiliations

School of Education, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui, China, Institute of Education, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui, China, Affective Computing and Intelligent Learning Cognitive Psychology Experimental Center, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui, China

Funding & Acknowledgements

Grant: AHSKQ2021D46

The author declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research was supported by Anhui Philosophy and Social Science Fund Project (No. AHSKQ2021D46) (China).

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The mediating role of emotional intelligence between self-efficacy and resilience in Chinese secondary vocational students

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