Longitudinal Relationships Between Job Demands-Resources and Teachers’ Spiritual Resilience: Evidence from RI-CLPM Analysis

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Abstract

The resilience of teachers is widely recognized as crucial, yet little attention has been paid to spiritual resilience and its relationship with job demands-resources (JD-R) factors. This study, grounded in the JD-R model, examined how emotional demand, student misbehavior, role clarity, and leader support relate to teachers’ spiritual resilience across three time points. Using a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM), results indicated that role clarity and leader support were positively associated with spiritual resilience. Notably, spiritual resilience was positively associated with emotional demand, while student misbehavior showed no significant relationship. These findings highlight the importance of job resources and the nuanced effects of demands on teacher resilience.

Authors

• Junying Lu, The Education University of Hong Kong

• Junjun Chen, Education University of Hong Kong

• Hao Li, University of Hong Kong

• Kwok Kuen Tsang, The Education University of Hong Kong