CEFContemporary Education Frontiers3029-18793029-1860WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE. LTD.10.18063/CEF.v4i1.1283ArticleA Study on the Interrelationships Among Trait Emotional Intelligence, Perceived Social Support, Subjective Well-being, and Job Burnout of Secondary School Physical Education Teachershttps://artdesignp.com/journal/CEF/4/1/10.18063/CEF.v4i1.1283ZhaoYibin,MOHD ALIHAMDAN2026412026-01-26Secondary school physical education (PE) teachers face severe job burnout risks due to their unique occupational characteristics, such as open teaching environments and sports safety responsibilities, which not only impair their professional development but also affect students’ physical and mental health. Trait Emotional Intelligence (TEI), Perceived Social Support (PSS), and Subjective Well-being (SWB) are key factors associated with job burnout, yet existing research on PE teachers is scarce, with obvious scholarly gaps in mechanism exploration and regional specificity. Based on the Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory and Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) Theory, this study adopted a literature review method to systematically sort out the core concepts, theoretical evolution, measurement tools, and empirical research status of TEI, PSS, SWB, and job burnout, and further analyzed their interrelationships, including direct, mediating, and moderating effects. The results revealed three core research gaps: insufficient targeting of the study population, unclear variable relationship mechanisms, and limitations in research design and methodology. It was confirmed that TEI had a direct negative predictive effect on PE teachers’ job burnout, while PSS and SWB might play mediating roles, and salary level and teaching experience might act as moderators. Finally, this study proposed targeted future research directions from expanding the research context, deepening mechanism exploration, and innovating research methods, and put forward practical intervention strategies at the policy, school, and individual levels to alleviate PE teachers’ job burnout, especially for those in western China. This review provides a theoretical basis for subsequent empirical research on the mental health of secondary school PE teachers.Secondary school physical education teachers, Trait emotional intelligence, Perceived social support, Subjective well-being, Job burnout, Interrelationship, Occupational stress

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