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The current study aimed at identifying the relationship between work passion and occupational resilience, and identifying the contribution of occupational resilience in predicting work passion (i.e. harmonious and obsessive passion) for kindergarten teachers. The sample consisted of (100) female kindergarten teachers, with age between (26-45 years old), from some experimental schools (age range = 33.10 years old, with standard deviation = 3.99). To achieve objectives of the study, the work passion scale (harmonious and obsessive passion) and the occupational resilience scale were utilized (both were prepared by the researcher). It was found a significant positive relationship at 0.01 level between the harmonious passion, personal efficacy, social efficacy, problem solving, and positive orientation to future; as well as with the total degree of the occupational resilience components for kindergarten teachers. However, no statistically significant relationship was found between the Harmonious Passion, flexibility and perseverance. Moreover, there was a significant negative relationship at 0.01 between obsessive passion, problem solving and the total degree of occupational resilience components for kindergarten teachers. Additionally, a significant negative relationship was clear at 0.05 level between the obsessive passion and flexibility as a component of occupational resilience for kindergarten teachers, and no statistically significant relationship was found between the obsessive passion, personal efficacy, social efficacy, perseverance, and the positive orientation toward the future. In addition, the results indicated a relationship between the dependent variable (i.e. Harmonious Work Passion) and the independent variables (i.e. personal efficacy, social efficacy, problem solving, flexibility, perseverance, and the positive orientation toward the future). The Multiple regression results found that the rate f= 49.96 was statistically significant at 0.01 level, indicating that the regression was statistically significant and that the independent variables affected the dependent one. Moreover, it was concluded that some components of the occupational resilience (i.e. personal efficacy, social efficacy and perseverance) predicted the harmonious work passion. The personal efficacy was the strongest component of the occupational resilience affecting the prediction with harmonious work passion for kindergarten teachers. It was also found a relationship between the dependent variable (Obsessive Work Passion) and the independent variables (i.e. personal efficacy, social efficacy, problem solving, flexibility, perseverance, and the positive orientation toward the future). The multiple regression results found that f= 49.96 was statistically significant at 0.01 level, indicating that the regression was statistically significant and that the independent variables affected the dependent one. Moreover, it was concluded that some components of the occupational resilience (i.e. personal efficacy, and problem solving) predicted the obsessive work passion. The problem solving was the strongest component of the occupational resilience affecting the prediction with obsessive work passion for kindergarten teachers. (Published abstract)