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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Positive Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1475931
This article is part of the Research Topic Well-being in Asia View all 5 articles

Facilitating School Counselors' Occupational Well-being 1 To Save the Saver: Facilitating School Counselors' Occupational Well-being through Multi-Dimensional Support and Basic Psychological Needs

Provisionally accepted
Lina Feng Lina Feng 1Liu Yi Liu Yi 2Haoyan Huang Haoyan Huang 3*
  • 1 Beijing Institute of Educational Sciences, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
  • 2 Beijing Normal University, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
  • 3 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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    School counselors play an increasingly crucial role in protecting students' mental health.However, many of them have experienced poor well-being in their occupations, which undermines their efficacy in mental protection. To identify the most significant well-being facilitators, this study examined associations between school counselors' occupational well-being and situational, inter-individual and intra-individual supports, as well as further explored their dynamics. A total of 1443 Chinese school counselors (66.6% part-time) from a regionally representative dataset were selected, and their work engagement, pressure and satisfaction were surveyed as well-being indicators. Dominance analysis revealed that (1) organizational support and occupational empowerment were consistently robust facilitators for most psychological needs and well-being indicators, (2) students were the most critical supporters for occupational well-being, particularly for part-time counselors; and (3) autonomy and competence were more central needs than relatedness in transferring supports to occupational well-being. Findings implied the most effective strategies to benefit school counselors' occupational well-being, both in general and across different work cohorts.

    Keywords: school counselors, Occupational well-being, situational support, Inter-individual Support, Basic psychological needs

    Received: 04 Aug 2024; Accepted: 25 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Feng, Yi and Huang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Haoyan Huang, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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