Evidence for a relationship between teacher empathy and general emotional support is inconsistent, with positive findings concentrated in self-report-only studies¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Only 25% of investigated effects linking teacher empathy to emotional support were significant and positive; the pattern held mainly when both empathy and emotional support were teacher self-reported. → Karen Aldrup · Bastian Carstensen · Uta Klusmann 2022

Evidence¶

Karen Aldrup · Bastian Carstensen · Uta Klusmann 2022¶

Karen Aldrup · Bastian Carstensen · Uta Klusmann. (2022). Is Empathy the Key to Effective Teaching? A Systematic Review of Its Association with Teacher-Student Interactions and Student Outcomes. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09649-y

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r?

Vote-counting synthesis across emotional-support studies: 25% of effects significant and positive, 73% not significant. Positive findings came largely from self-report designs (e.g., r = .33 for culturally sensitive teaching; r = .36 for emotionally supportive strategies); studies using observer or student reports rarely found associations.

"Six studies found statistically significant positive associations with teachers’ empathy but eleven found mixed or no evidence (25% of the investigated effects were significant and positive, 73% were not significant; see Table 5)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Social Supports — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Teacher empathy shows no consistent relationship with classroom management or instructional support — related