The Effect of Gender and Locale on Emotional Regulation Patterns of Teacher Trainees: Findings from Empirical Study

Authors:

Harneet Billing, Navjot Kaur 

Pages: 18-22

Abstract:

Objective: Emotional regulation affects individual’s physical and mental health and overall quality of life. In this paper the focus is to understand the emotional regulation patterns of teacher trainees across gender and locale that they apply to deal with the academic pressures.

Methods: A total of 100 teacher trainees from Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib participated in the research, selected using random sampling. Standardised Emotion Regulation Questionnaire prepared by the investigator was used to collect the data along with an interview schedule. Data was analysed using t-test using SPSS software.

Results: Results showed significant differences in the emotional regulation patterns of the teacher trainees across gender and locale. Thematic analysis of the responses to open ended question revealed three major areas of emotional regulation strategies employed by the trainees viz a viz Emotional identification, emotional monitoring and emotional management at cognitive, Behavioural and physiological level

Conclusion: The results of this study highlight the potential importance of developing ability of emotional regulation amongst teacher trainees for well-being. Suggestions and implication for future research are also proffered.