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Emotional Well-Being in Faculty: Construct Assessment and Motivational Antecedents

Sat, April 18, 4:05 to 6:05pm, Virtual Room

Session Type: Symposium

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This symposium examines how emotional well-being in post-secondary faculty can be better assessed and how it corresponds with both motivational beliefs and social-environmental factors. Utilizing descriptive, longitudinal, and experimental methods, six studies with faculty internationally (35 countries) examined how varied measures of discrete emotions (e.g., research vs. teaching vs. grading), job satisfaction (e.g., salary vs. colleagues vs. administration), and overall well-being (e.g., burnout, depression) intersect with both personal motivational beliefs (e.g., control, values) and social motivation (e.g., relatedness, role models). Study findings underscore the importance of multifaceted, cross-cultural assessments of emotional well-being in faculty (e.g., emotion types, domains) and suggest critical future directions for faculty development research on the role of motivational beliefs, social support, and corresponding interventions.

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