The Psychological Well-Being and Self-Compassion on Malaysian Teachers of Counseling and Guidance

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 intends to seek contribution of self-compassion to psychological well-being among school counseling and guidance teachers. The results of previous studies have got that; (a) self-compassion contribute to the psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers; and (b) good psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers can promote the quality of counseling services. The implication of this study explains the demand to develop psychological well-being among Malaysian school counseling and guidance teachers. Proposed follow-up recommendations need to be performed by focusing on quantitative studies focused at further interpretation of this issues.