No transmission was found from teachers' positive emotions to students' emotions, from teachers' emotions to students' negative emotions, or from students' emotions to teachers' positive emotions¶
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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associationalr2·q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Teachers' positive emotions showed no effect on students' emotions, teachers' emotions showed no effect on students' negative emotions, and students' emotions did not predict teachers' positive emotions. → Sorkkila 2026
q2 i? Neither of students' emotions predicted teachers' positive emotions. → Sorkkila 2026 (2)
Evidence¶
Sorkkila 2026¶
Sorkkila, M., Malmberg, L.-E., Pöysä, S., Kiuru, N., Lerkkanen, M.-K., & Pakarinen, E. (2026). Change and transmission of students' and teachers' lesson-specific emotions. Learning and Instruction, 102, Article 102298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102298
q2 · i? · associational · r2
Cross-classified model (M2) of student lesson-reports. The article reports no effect for the positive-emotion path and states "There were no effects of teachers' emotions on students' negative emotions." Equivalence was not tested.
"As shown in Fig. 3 (M2), no effect was identified for positive emotions."
Sorkkila 2026 (2)¶
Sorkkila, M., Malmberg, L.-E., Pöysä, S., Kiuru, N., Lerkkanen, M.-K., & Pakarinen, E. (2026). Change and transmission of students' and teachers' lesson-specific emotions. Learning and Instruction, 102, Article 102298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102298
q2 · i? · associational · r2
Cross-classified model (M2) of teacher lesson-reports nested in 20 teachers. The article reports no credible path from either student emotion to teacher positive emotions; equivalence was not tested.
"As shown in Fig. 4 (M2), neither of students' emotions predicted teachers' positive emotions."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Students' higher positive emotions predicted lower negative emotions in teachers — related
- Teachers' higher lesson-specific negative emotions predicted lower positive emotions in students — related
- Teachers' negative emotions decreased during the school day while their positive emotions showed no change — related
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claim |
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null-paths-in-lesson-emotion-transmission |
title |
No transmission was found from teachers' positive emotions to students' emotions, from teachers' emotions to students' negative emotions, or from students' emotions to teachers' positive emotions |
description |
No transmission was found from teachers' positive emotions to students' emotions, from teachers' emotions to students' negative emotions, or from students' emotions to teachers' positive emotions |
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review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2026 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-22 |
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unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
sources |
2 — sorkkila-2026, sorkkila-2026-2 |
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