A Review of Frameworks and Instruments of Teacher Emotion Regulation Strategies

Abstract

Teaching is a highly emotionally demanding job and can present educators with a variety of emotional challenges. Therefore, exploring teacher emotion regulation strategies can effectively help teachers build resilience and enhance their own sense of well-being. This study adopts literature analysis approach to review the existing representative research on the frameworks and instruments of teacher emotion regulation strategies from 1998 to 2023, and analyzes the development trends and the connection among the scales from the perspective of research objects, contexts, advantages and disadvantages. It is found that research on the development and application of frameworks and instruments of teacher emotion regulation strategies is gradually becoming more and more systematic and abundant. This study can provide reference for subsequent empirical research and provide a basis for the development of more instruments, effectively guiding teachers in regulating their own emotions and improving their teaching effectiveness.