“…Teaching is one of the most stressful occupations (Gold & Roth, ; Johnson et al., ; Shen et al., ) in both western countries (Kyriacou, ; Lambert & McCarthy, ; McCarthy, Lambert, Lineback, Fitchett, & Baddouh, ; McCarthy, Lambert, & Reiser, ) and eastern countries, such as Singapore (Chan, Lai, Ko, & Boey, ), Malaysia (Masilamani et al., ), and China (Wang et al., ; Yong & Yue, ; Zhang, Bian, & Dong, ). According to one prominent stress theory, namely the transactional model of stress and coping, stress occurs as a result of an imbalance between perceived demands and perceived capability or resources to cope with those demands (Lazarus & Folkman, ).…”