ERIC Number: EJ1488711
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6807
Available Date: 2025-07-24
Mindfulness and Depressive Symptoms among Preservice Teachers: The Roles of Emotion Regulation and Self-Efficacy
Ke Wang1; Iris Yili Wang2; Rebecca Y. M. Cheung3
Psychology in the Schools, v62 n12 p4951-4966 2025
Grounded in theories and empirical research, the present study examined the mediating processes of emotion dysregulation and teaching self-efficacy between mindfulness and depressive symptoms among preservice teachers in China. A total of 288 preservice teachers ranging from 18 to 40 years old (men = 94; women = 194) completed an online self-report questionnaire. Path analysis revealed that emotion dysregulation mediated the relation between mindfulness facets, including acting with awareness and nonjudging to inner experience, and depressive symptoms among Chinese preservice teachers. In addition, mindfulness facets including observing, describing, and nonreacting to inner experience were positively related to teaching self-efficacy among preservice teachers. However, teaching self-efficacy was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms. These findings underscore the potential importance of preservice teachers' emotion dysregulation as a process between mindfulness and depressive symptoms, as well as the role of mindfulness in enhancing teachers' teaching self-efficacy.
Descriptors: Metacognition, Depression (Psychology), Preservice Teachers, Emotional Response, Self Control, Psychological Patterns, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; 2Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA; 3Department of Educational Studies, Academy of Future Education, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

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