“…Emotionally competent teachers also tend to be skilled at creating environments conducive to learning (Elias & Arnold, ; Powell & Kusuma‐Powell, ). For example, teachers’ perceived emotional competence is positively associated with supportive teacher–student relationships and negatively related to students’ challenging classroom behavior (Brackett, Reyes, Rivers, Elbertson, & Salovey, ; Jeloudar, Yunus, Roslan, & Nor, ; Nizielski, Hallum, Lopes, & Schutz, ; Perry & Ball, ; Ramana, ).…”