The purposes of this study were to compare middle & high school guidance &
counseling teachers’ level of positive emotions and that of negative emotions, and to test a
structural relationship among positive emotions, negative emotions, meaning in life, and life
satisfaction.
A total of 207 middle & high school guidance & counseling teachers were participated in
this study. Korean Version of Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule(PANAS; Watson,
Clark, & Tellegen, 1988), Meaning in Life Questionnaire(MLQ; Sterger et al., 2004),
Satisfaction with Life Scale(Diener et al., 1985) were used to collect data.
The results of this study were as follows; First, guidance & counseling teachers’ level of
positive emotions was significantly higher than that of negative emotions. Second, positive
emotions and negative emotions had a statistically significant direct effect on meaning of life
and life satisfaction. Third, meaning of life partially mediated the relation from positive
emotions to life satisfaction. Fourth, meaning of life partially mediated the relation from
negative emotions to life satisfaction.
This study will contribute to understand guidance & counseling teachers’ emotions and
structural relationship among positive emotions, negative emotions, meaning in life, and life
satisfaction.