Teachers’ psychological characteristics: do they matter for teacher effectiveness, teachers’ well-being, retention, and interpersonal relations? An integrative review

Lisa Bardach; Rob Klassen; Nancy E. Perry

doi:10.1007/s10648-021-09614-9

Teachers’ psychological characteristics: do they matter for teacher effectiveness, teachers’ well-being, retention, and interpersonal relations? An integrative review

Lisa Bardach, Rob Klassen, Nancy E. Perry

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Abstract

This integrative review aims to render a systematic account of the role that teachers’ psychological characteristics, such as their motivation and personality, play for critical outcomes in terms of teacher effectiveness, teachers’ well-being, retention, and positive interpersonal relations with multiple stakeholders (e.g., students, parents, principals, colleagues). We first summarize and evaluate the available evidence on relations between psychological characteristics and these outcomes derived in existing research syntheses (meta-analyses, systematic reviews). We then discuss implications of the findings regarding the eight identified psychological characteristics—self-efficacy, causal attributions, expectations, personality, enthusiasm, emotional intelligence, emotional labor, and mindfulness—for research and educational practice. In terms of practical recommendations, we focus on teacher selection and the design of future professional development activities as areas that particularly profit from a profound understanding of the relative importance of different psychological teacher characteristics in facilitating adaptive outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	259-300
Number of pages	42
Journal	Educational psychology review
Volume	34
Early online date	15 May 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09614-9
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 15 May 2021

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