Teachers' higher lesson-specific negative emotions predicted lower positive emotions in students¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a given lesson, the higher the teachers' negative emotions, the less positive emotions students experienced. → 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 model (M2) regressing 672 student lesson-reports on their teachers' same-lesson emotions. The article reports the negative-emotion path with unstandardized B = 0.271 whose credibility interval excluded zero; no effect size is printed.

"However, the higher the teachers' negative emotions were in a lesson, the less positive emotions students experienced (B = 0.271, [ 0.493, 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
• Students' higher positive emotions predicted lower negative emotions in teachers — related
• Teachers' negative emotions decreased during the school day while their positive emotions showed no change — related