Fostering well-being and immunity among in-service high school English language teachers in Turkey: A quasi-experimental study

The purpose of the study was to investigate well-being and immunity among high school English teachers and the identify the effects of an 8-week intervention programme. The participants were high school teachers working in İstanbul which is metropolitan city in Turkey. The data were collected from pre-post and delayed intervention scores and the qualitative data resources were semi-structured interviews and learning diaries of participants. The results revealed that relationship, accomplishment, and engagement are significantly predictive of the participants' well-being. The meaning and positive emotions are not predictors of well-being. For immunity, the qualitative results suggest that while, all the significance values or coefficient sig values are smaller than .05, meaning that the prediction ability of the relevant subscales is significant( teaching self-efficacy, resilience, attitudes towards teaching, openness to experience, and classroom affectivity), the value for burnout is non-significant. Based on these findings, the study provides pedagogical implications and suggestions for integrating well-being and immunity in teacher-education programmes for in-service teachers