Volume 62, Issue 8 pp. 2421-2439
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Preservice Teachers' Profiles of Emotional Competencies: Associations With Stress, Anxiety, and Emotional Exhaustion During Practicum

Sarah Dekeyser

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Sarah Dekeyser

Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Correspondence: Sarah Dekeyser ([email protected])

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Gaëtane Caesens

Gaëtane Caesens

Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

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Vanessa Hanin

Vanessa Hanin

Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

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First published: 22 March 2025
Citations: 1

ABSTRACT

This study investigates preservice teachers' profiles of intrapersonal emotional competencies (ECs) and their associations with perceived stress, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion during the practicum. Three hundred twenty-six Belgian preservice teachers completed questionnaires on ECs, stress, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion. Latent Profile Analysis identified four distinct profiles of ECs: High Emotional Competencies, Moderate Emotional Competencies, Poor Identification, and High regulation. Perceived stress was the highest in the two last profiles, while the profile with higher ECs had less stress and anxiety. Results are discussed related to limitations of the study. Future research on preservice teachers, and practical implications for preservice teachers' initial training are provided.

Summary

  • Preservice teachers' profile characterized by higher emotional competencies is associated with lower stress and lower anxiety during practicum.

  • Preservice teachers with low emotional identification or with mismatched levels of emotional competencies showed the highest levels of stress during practicum.

  • Preservice teachers' emotional competencies during the initial education should be developed.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.

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