Emotional regulation and its relationship to psychological well-being among teaching staff in the university

Abstract

The aim of this research is to discover the relationship between the Emotional Regulation and Psychological Well-being among a sample of teaching staff in the King Khalid University in Abha. Also, it aim to discover the differences in Emotional Regulation among demographic variables (Gender- Teaching experience- Scientific Major) Also, it aim to discover the differences in Psychological Well-being among demographic variables (Gender- Teaching experience- Scientific Major), The sample was (319) of teaching staff. The researcher used the measure of Emotional Regulation scale which prepared by (Gross, 2001), translated by Haider Yagoub (2011), and Psychological Well-being scale which prepared (Ryff, 1989) translated by Mogeda Elkeshky (2018), The results showed there is a statistically significant positive correlation between each of the emotional regulation and psychological well-being of the research sample. The results were showed there were no statistically significant differences in Emotion Regulation among the demographic variables (Gender- Teaching experience- Scientific Major). Also. it showed there were no statistically significant differences in Psychological Well-being among the demographic variables (Teaching experience- Scientific Major), but there are differences in Psychological Well-being for male teaching staff.