Teacher emotions in the classroom: associations with students’ engagement, classroom discipline and the interpersonal teacher-student relationship

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 385-403

  Hagenauer, Gerda ^a   Hascher, Tina ^a   Volet, Simone E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom management; Teacher emotion; Teacher wellbeing; Teacher student relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942500790     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-015-0250-0     Document Type: Article

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