Delving into the Social and Emotional Dimensions of EFL Teachers: Collegiality, Identity, and Emo-Educational Divorce

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1 English Language Department, Khayyam University, Mashhad, Iran

2 Department of English Language, Khorasan Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Given the pivotal role of social and psychological factors in teaching English as a foreign language, this study focused on exploring the relationship among collegiality, identity, and emo-educational divorce. To this end, a total of 227 Iranian English language teachers of universities, schools, and language institutes filled out collegiality scale along with identity, and emo-educational divorce questionnaires. Then, analyses indicated that emo-educational divorce was negatively correlated with teacher identity and teacher collegiality, whereas identity and collegiality were positively correlated; moreover, the subconstructs of emo-educational divorce showed different predictive behaviors with regard to teacher collegiality and teacher identity. Finally, the findings were discussed and implications were reviewed to pay close attention to the role of the combination of social and psychological elements in EFL teaching contexts.

Keywords: collegiality among EFL teachers, EFL teacher identity, emo-educational divorce among EFL teachers, EFL teachers, social factors in EFL classes, psychological factors in EFL classes

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Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly

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Available Online from 04 January 2026

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  • Receive Date: 17 April 2025
  • Revise Date: 07 December 2025
  • Accept Date: 04 January 2026

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