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Student-teacher relationship quality moderates longitudinal associations between child temperament and behavior
Elizabeth Harvey1, Jean-Pascal Lemelin2, Michèle Déry2
1Département de Psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada; Département d'Éducation, Université Sainte-Anne, 1695 Road 1, Church Point, Nova Scotia B0W 1M0, Canada.
Journal of School Psychology
|February 22, 2022
Summary
Student-teacher relationship quality significantly impacts child behavior. Positive relationships can buffer negative temperament effects, reducing internalizing problems for elementary students.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Limited research exists on how school-based relational factors influence temperament-behavior links.
- Student-teacher relationships are crucial in moderating developmental trajectories.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if student-teacher relationship quality moderates the longitudinal association between child temperament and behavior problems.
- Examined specific aspects: Closeness, Conflict, and Dependency in relationships.
- Assessed links with Negative Affectivity, Surgency/Extraversion, Effortful Control, and externalizing/internalizing problems.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study with 744 elementary students over 3 years.
- Temperament assessed by parents at baseline; behavior problems by children at follow-up.
- Student-teacher relationship quality analyzed as a latent variable from multiple teacher ratings.
Main Results:
- Low Surgency/Extraversion linked to fewer internalizing problems when teacher closeness was high.
- High Negative Affectivity linked to more internalizing problems with high teacher Conflict or Dependency.
- No moderation effect found for externalizing problems.
Conclusions:
- Student-teacher relationship quality, particularly Closeness, Conflict, and Dependency, plays a moderating role in the link between temperament and internalizing problems.
- Interventions aimed at enhancing student-teacher relationships may be beneficial for mitigating internalizing behaviors.
Keywords:
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