Handling Demanding Situations: Associations between Teachers' Interpersonal Behavior, Physiological Responses, and Emotions

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Title: Handling Demanding Situations: Associations between Teachers' Interpersonal Behavior, Physiological Responses, and Emotions
Language: English
Authors: Monika H. Donker, Daan Scheepers, Tamara van Gog, Mariska van den Hove, Nora McIntyre, Tim Mainhard
Source: Journal of Experimental Education. 2025 93(1):91-109.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Behavior, Stress Management, Emotional Response, Affective Behavior, Teacher Response, Interpersonal Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Biofeedback
Geographic Terms: Netherlands
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2023.2249837
ISSN: 0022-0973
1940-0683
Abstract: Teaching can be emotionally demanding. The current study investigated how teachers handle demanding situations in class, and how their behavioral and physiological reactions shape their emotions after the lesson. Interpersonal behaviors of 80 secondary school teachers were coded based on video recordings of one real-life lesson. During the lesson, heart rate and cardiac output were recorded continuously as indicator of relative challenge versus threat motivational states. Overall, teachers differed substantially in the number of demanding situations and how they changed their interpersonal behavior and physiological responses. Although teachers' behavioral and physiological changes were not a straightforward predictor of their emotional outcomes, especially teachers with dispositional low agency or communion were at risk of less positive and more negative emotions.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1456459
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Teaching can be emotionally demanding. The current study investigated how teachers handle demanding situations in class, and how their behavioral and physiological reactions shape their emotions after the lesson. Interpersonal behaviors of 80 secondary school teachers were coded based on video recordings of one real-life lesson. During the lesson, heart rate and cardiac output were recorded continuously as indicator of relative challenge versus threat motivational states. Overall, teachers differed substantially in the number of demanding situations and how they changed their interpersonal behavior and physiological responses. Although teachers' behavioral and physiological changes were not a straightforward predictor of their emotional outcomes, especially teachers with dispositional low agency or communion were at risk of less positive and more negative emotions.
ISSN:0022-0973
1940-0683
DOI:10.1080/00220973.2023.2249837