Alessandro GERACI
Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Edificio 15, Palermo, 90128, Italy.
e-Mail: alessandro.geraci@unipa.it
Education
Master’s Degree in Work, Organizational and Social Psychology (LM-51)
Current Positions
PhD Student in Health Promotion and Cognitive Sciences
PhD project title
The Role of Emotional and Meta-Emotional Intelligence as Teachers’ Personal Resources for Preventing Burnout and Promoting Health, Well-Being, and Self-Efficacy
Short abstract
Teaching is an emotionally demanding profession that requires balancing instructional responsibilities with social and psychological challenges. Teachers must navigate high workloads, student interactions, and institutional pressures, all of which contribute to stress, burnout, and decreased well-being. Emotional intelligence (EI) has been widely studied as a key resource in managing these challenges; however, the existence of competing conceptualizations and measurement methods has often led to inconsistent findings across studies, making it difficult to synthesize the current state of knowledge in this field. To address these limitations, meta-emotional intelligence (MEI) has recently emerged as a novel construct that integrates emotional abilities with meta-emotional dimensions. It reflects the extent to which individuals align their self-perceptions and self-evaluations with their actual emotional abilities. A precise and realistic understanding of one's emotional abilities enables individuals to effectively interpret situations, regulate their emotions, and navigate social interactions. Overall, the project aims to clarify the distinct and complementary roles of EI and MEI in promoting teacher occupational well-being, and to support the development of theory-driven emotional training programs in educational contexts.
Supervisor: Prof. Antonella D’Amico
Main research areas of interest
- Emotions and emotional intelligence
- School psychology
- Burnout
- Human–Robot Interaction (HRI)
Researcher ID
ORCID: 0000-0002-0163-5740
Scopus Author ID: 57248721700
ResearcherID: AGX-1483-2022