Teachers’ Daily Negative Emotions in Interactions With Individual Students in Special Education

Abstract

To understand and support teacher-student interactions, there is a need for research on teachers' daily emotions in interactions with students. Therefore, this study investigated the development of teachers' negative emotions in interactions with individual students with attachment problems. Using a 3-week diary study, data were collected from 71 teacherstudent dyads in special education schools for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Overall, the development of both activating (e.g., anger) and deactivating (e.g., helplessness) negative emotions was low and stable over time. Teachers with high selfefficacy and teachers with a high supportive teaching style were less likely to experience (variability in) negative emotions. Student maladjustment and teachers' depersonalization attitudes were positively associated with more activating negative emotions. Beginning teachers reported more deactivating negative emotions. The study highlights the need of (emotion-focused) interventions for teachers to promote positive interactions between teachers and individual students.

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