Empathy and Mental Health of Preschool Teachers: A Latent Profile Analysis
Rong Jin, Xiangyu Li, Heqing Huang Faculty of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: : Heqing Huang, Faculty of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, No. 5, North Third Street, Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, People’s Rep...
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| description | Rong Jin, Xiangyu Li, Heqing Huang Faculty of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: : Heqing Huang, Faculty of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, No. 5, North Third Street, Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13520262816, Email aivita@126.comPurpose: This research, grounded in the self-other oriented empathy theoretical framework, aimed to explore the classification of empathy and its relationship with mental health among preschool teachers.Methods: A total of 4345 preschool teachers participated in the study. Mental health was assessed using the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90), and empathy was measured with the Chinese version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI-C). Data were collected through a comprehensive preschool education service platform. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was employed to identify subgroups of preschool teachers by self- and other empathy pattern types. Descriptive statistics, bivariate cross-tabulations, and multinomial logistic regression were used to characterize each profile while quantifying associations with mental health.Results: A four-profile model was identified as the best fit in this latent profile analysis: the largest profile of preschool teachers was characterized by moderate self- and other-oriented empathy (46.5%), a second profile was characterized by high self- and other-oriented empathy (25.2%), a third profile was characterized by high other-oriented and low self-oriented empathy (20.8%), and the smallest profile was characterized by both low self- and other-oriented empathy (7.5%). Significant differences in mental health were observed between the latent profile. The high empathy profile exhibited the highest level of mental health risk, while the other-oriented groups showed the lowest level.Conclusion: There are four latent profiles of empathy in preschool teachers, and the profiles of empathy are related to mental health.Keywords: preschool teachers, empathy, mental health, latent profile analysis |
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| spelling | doaj-art-71e054422bc14c19b695ce2c5ab8ec282025-02-04T17:15:41ZengDove Medical PressPsychology Research and Behavior Management1179-15782025-02-01Volume 1825526999890Empathy and Mental Health of Preschool Teachers: A Latent Profile AnalysisJin RLi XHuang HRong Jin, Xiangyu Li, Heqing Huang Faculty of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: : Heqing Huang, Faculty of Preschool Education, Capital Normal University, No. 5, North Third Street, Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13520262816, Email aivita@126.comPurpose: This research, grounded in the self-other oriented empathy theoretical framework, aimed to explore the classification of empathy and its relationship with mental health among preschool teachers.Methods: A total of 4345 preschool teachers participated in the study. Mental health was assessed using the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90), and empathy was measured with the Chinese version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI-C). Data were collected through a comprehensive preschool education service platform. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was employed to identify subgroups of preschool teachers by self- and other empathy pattern types. Descriptive statistics, bivariate cross-tabulations, and multinomial logistic regression were used to characterize each profile while quantifying associations with mental health.Results: A four-profile model was identified as the best fit in this latent profile analysis: the largest profile of preschool teachers was characterized by moderate self- and other-oriented empathy (46.5%), a second profile was characterized by high self- and other-oriented empathy (25.2%), a third profile was characterized by high other-oriented and low self-oriented empathy (20.8%), and the smallest profile was characterized by both low self- and other-oriented empathy (7.5%). Significant differences in mental health were observed between the latent profile. The high empathy profile exhibited the highest level of mental health risk, while the other-oriented groups showed the lowest level.Conclusion: There are four latent profiles of empathy in preschool teachers, and the profiles of empathy are related to mental health.Keywords: preschool teachers, empathy, mental health, latent profile analysishttps://www.dovepress.com/empathy-and-mental-health-of-preschool-teachers-a-latent-profile-analy-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBMpreschool teachersempathymental healthlatent profile analysis |
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