The psychological well-being and self-compassion of Malaysian counseling and guidance teachers

Authors : Abu Yazid ABU BAKAR

Pages : 91-98

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Publication Date : 2020-12-19

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The national development and government initiatives’ in realizing educational transformation has made the profession of school counseling and guidance teachers facing a challenging and vulnerable role with stress that affects their well-being. The psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers need to be explored and understood to ensure their services in schools are implemented effectively. The study aims to understand contribution of self-compassion to psychological well-being among school counseling and guidance teachers. The results of previous studies have found that; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(i); self-compassion contribute to the psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers; and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ii); good psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers can improve the quality of counseling services. The implication of this study explains the need to improve psychological well-being among Malaysian school counseling and guidance teachers. Proposed follow-up recommendations need to be done by focusing on quantitative studies aimed at better understanding of this issue.
Keywords : Counseling and guidance, psychological well being, self compassion