Teachers' negative emotions decreased during the school day while their positive emotions showed no change¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Teachers' negative lesson-specific emotions decreased across the lessons of one school day, whereas their positive emotions did not change. → Sorkkila 2026

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 multilevel change model (M1) of 61 teacher lesson-reports nested in 20 teachers, each reporting emotions at the end of 1–4 lessons on one school day. The article reports "teachers' negative emotions decreased during the day" with unstandardized B = 0.084; no effect size is printed.

"Among teachers (see Fig. 4, M1), there was no change in their positive emotions during the day (B = 0.017, [ 0.063, 0.031]), but teachers' negative emotions decreased during the day (B = 0.084, [ 0.111, 0.056])."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 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 — related
• Teachers' higher lesson-specific negative emotions predicted lower positive emotions in students — related
• Students' higher positive emotions predicted lower negative emotions in teachers — related