Exploring the Mechanisms Influencing the Occupational Well-Being of Early Childhood Teachers-A Qualitative Study Based on the JD-R Model

Abstract

Early childhood teachers' occupational well-being contributes to the quality of their early childhood education and meets the needs of families as well as a society for the work of early childhood teachers. There is still a lack of qualitative research on the occupational well-being of early childhood teachers. The article conducted in-depth interviews with 10 teachers from three kindergartens in Chongqing, coded and analyzed the interview contents using rooting theory, and constructed an influence model of early childhood teachers' occupational well-being based on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model theory, including four main categories of competency, burnout, occupational stress, and occupational identity, to further explain the influence mechanism of early childhood teachers' occupational well-being.