Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among
teachers’ resilience, difficulty in emotional regulation, and teaching strategies for
behavior problems of children.
Methods: A total of 200 day care and kindergarten teachers were surveyed. The
collected data were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression.
Results: First, teachers’resilience, difficulty in emotional regulation and teaching
strategies for children with behavior problems were significantly related. Teachers’
resilience showed a positive correlation with teachers’ positive prevention and reaction
strategies but showed a negative correlation with teachers’ negative reaction
strategies. Among the teachers’ difficulty in emotional regulation, the factor of
difficulty for impulsive control and lack of attention showed negative correlations
with teachers’ prevention and positive reaction strategies. Second, teachers’ resilience
and difficulty in emotional regulation significantly explained the teaching
strategies for children with behavior problems. Teachers’ resilience was found to
be the most important variable explaining teaching strategies for children with behavior
problems.
Conclusion/Implications: This study revealed that teachers’ resilience and difficulties
in emotional regulation were important psychological and emotional characteristics
for teachers when teaching children with behavior problems.