Teacher Big Five domains show their largest associations with burnout for emotional stability and conscientiousness, but none of the burnout effects are statistically significant¶

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q3 i? Pooled burnout correlations were largest for emotional stability (r = .21) and conscientiousness (r = .19) but none reached statistical significance, based on only k = 5 to 6 effect sizes. → Lisa E. Kim 2019

Evidence¶

Lisa E. Kim 2019¶

Lisa E. Kim, Verena Jörg & Robert M. Klassen. (2019). A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Teacher Personality on Teacher Effectiveness and Burnout. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-018-9458-2

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r?

Burnout meta-analysis from the same random-effects synthesis of 25 studies; the burnout outcome drew only 5 to 6 effect sizes per domain. The article states "none of the effects were statistically significant" and that results should be approached with caution.

"Nevertheless, the greatest effect sizes were for emotional stability (r =. 2 1 ,p > .05), conscientiousness (r =. 1 9 ,p > .05), extraversion (r =. 1 3 ,p >. 0 5 ) , agreeableness (r =. 1 3 ,p > .05), and lastly openness (r =. 0 4 ,p > .05)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

A prior meta-analysis found only a small teacher personality–effectiveness relationship (r = .08), attributed to treating personality as unidimensional and pooling effectiveness measures — related
Teacher extraversion, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness are each positively associated with teacher effectiveness, while agreeableness is not a significant correlate — related
Other-reports of teacher personality are more strongly associated with teacher outcomes than self-reports — related
Associations between teacher personality and effectiveness vary substantially across studies, justifying moderator analysis — related
Of the Big Five personality traits, only conscientiousness (r = .22) and openness (r = .13) correlate appreciably with mathematics achievement — related
Teacher ill-being shows a small negative association with student motivation and achievement (r = –.13) — related

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`title`	`Teacher Big Five domains show their largest associations with burnout for emotional stability and conscientiousness, but none of the burnout effects are statistically significant`
`description`	`Teacher Big Five domains show their largest associations with burnout for emotional stability and conscientiousness, but none of the burnout effects are statistically significant`
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`evidence_strength`	`weak`
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