Teacher emotion regulation strategies in response to classroom misbehavior
Department
Secondary and Middle Grades Education
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
This research examined how teachers regulate their emotions in the context of student misbehaviour and what the affective consequence of this regulation is for teachers. In Study 1 we descriptively examined which strategies teachers use to regulate their emotions in response to student misbehaviour and found that teachers use a variety of strategies to regulate their emotions. In Study 2, using an Experience Sampling Method, we examined how teachers’ trait-level emotion regulation impacts their in-the-moment affective experiences and modulation strategies in the context of classroom misbehaviours. Results indicate that teachers who typically reappraise have the least negative affective experiences in the context of student misbehaviour and are less likely to suppress their in-the-moment negative emotions. This study adds to our understanding of how teachers could regulate their negative emotions when dealing with student misbehaviour in an adaptive way. Findings signify the importance of examining the efficacy of other regulation strategies.
Journal Title
Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice
Journal ISSN
13540602
Volume
27
Issue
5
First Page
353
Last Page
369
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1080/13540602.2020.1740198