This article systematically examines the psychological aspects of the relationship between emotional intelligence and anxiety levels in teachers. The main components of emotional intelligence—recognition, understanding, and management of emotions—are analyzed in the context of teachers’ professional activities. The study showed an inverse relationship between empathy and emotion recognition (r = −.279, p ≤ 0.05). These results demonstrate the relationship between empathy, understanding of other people’s emotions, and emotion recognition. High empathy correlates with high emotion recognition or, conversely, high emotion recognition is associated with developed empathy. A direct relationship was found between general emotional intelligence (integrative emotional intelligence) and situational anxiety (r = .486, p ≤ 0.01). These results indicate a relationship between emotional intelligence and anxiety caused by a specific stressful situation; therefore, emotional intelligence helps reduce situational anxiety in stressful situations. The article also provides practical recommendations for developing teachers’ emotional skills and highlights the importance of future research in this direction.
This article systematically examines the psychological aspects of the relationship between emotional intelligence and anxiety levels in teachers. The main components of emotional intelligence—recognition, understanding, and management of emotions—are analyzed in the context of teachers’ professional activities. The study showed an inverse relationship between empathy and emotion recognition (r = −.279, p ≤ 0.05). These results demonstrate the relationship between empathy, understanding of other people’s emotions, and emotion recognition. High empathy correlates with high emotion recognition or, conversely, high emotion recognition is associated with developed empathy. A direct relationship was found between general emotional intelligence (integrative emotional intelligence) and situational anxiety (r = .486, p ≤ 0.01). These results indicate a relationship between emotional intelligence and anxiety caused by a specific stressful situation; therefore, emotional intelligence helps reduce situational anxiety in stressful situations. The article also provides practical recommendations for developing teachers’ emotional skills and highlights the importance of future research in this direction.
