Personality traits of both children and teachers may be associated with teacher–child relationships, especially for relational positivity¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? A narrative review of k = 8 studies suggests that personality traits of both children and teachers may be associated with teacher–child relationships, especially for relational positivity. → Du 2025

Evidence¶

Du 2025¶

Du, Q., Roorda, D. L., Koomen, H. M. Y., Jak, S., & Zee, M. (2025). When personal becomes relational: A meta-analysis and narrative review on personality traits and children's affective relationships with adults. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2025.100688

q2 · i? · review · r2

Narrative review of associations between personality traits and teacher–child relationships, conducted because of a limited number of available studies (k = 8). The review reports the association "especially for relational positivity." Hedged, non-quantitative synthesis; no effect sizes are printed.

"the narrative review suggested that personality traits of both children and teachers may be associated with teacher–child relationships, especially for relational positivity"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Personality Traits — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Children's neuroticism is negatively associated with positive parent–child relationships and positively associated with negative parent–child relationships — related
• Parents' personality traits show patterns comparable to children's, except that parents' openness is not significantly associated with parent–child relationship quality — related
• Personality similarity appears to be positively associated with positive adult–child relationships (preliminary evidence) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Children's agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness are positively associated with positive parent–child relationships and negatively associated with negative parent–child relationships — related