The effect of teacher’s positive personal resource of features of students’ emotional states

• Main Author: R.A. Trulyaev
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow State University of Psychology and Education 2013-10-01
• Series: Психологическая наука и образование (2007. Online)
• Subjects: educational success; emotional state; subjective well-being; positive values; job satisfaction
• Online Access: http://psyedu.ru/files/articles/psyedu_ru_2013_3_3393.pdf

We reveal the psychological mechanisms of impact of the formation level of the teacher’s positive values on the academic performance of students, one of the key components of which are the emotional states of students. We describe a study aimed to test the hypothesis that the positive values and standing behind them “strong” character traits of the teacher determine the emotional states specific of his students during the lesson. The study involved 241 teachers of school subjects and 498 pupils of VI, VIII, X, XI grades of several schools in Krivoy Rog. The study demonstrated that a high level of expression of teacher’s positive values, reflected in his professional qualities, provide the appearance of positive emotional states of students. We also revealed patterns of influence of teacher’s positive personal resource on the intensity of the emotional states experienced by students during lessons.