A1 Journal article (refereed)
Association between the teacher–student relationship and teacher visual focus of attention in Grade 1 : student task avoidance and gender as moderators (2024)

Chaudhuri, S., Pakarinen, E., Muhonen, H., & Lerkkanen, M.-K. (2024). Association between the teacher–student relationship and teacher visual focus of attention in Grade 1 : student task avoidance and gender as moderators. Educational Psychology, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2024.2346104

The research was funded by Strategic Research Council at the Research Council of Finland.

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Chaudhuri, Saswati; Pakarinen, Eija; Muhonen, Heli; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina

Journal or series: Educational Psychology

ISSN: 0144-3410

eISSN: 1469-5820

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 08/05/2024

Volume: Early online

Publisher: Routledge

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2024.2346104

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/94851

Abstract

This study investigated associations between quality of the teacher–student relationship (closeness and conflict) and teachers’ (N = 48) visual focus of attention in Grade 1 classrooms in fall and spring, and it explored to what extent students’ (N = 650) gender and task-avoidant behaviour moderated the associations. Results showed first that teacher–student closeness was positively associated with teachers’ visual focus of attention in the fall and spring, whereas teacher–student conflict was positively associated with teachers’ visual focus of attention only in the spring. In addition, the results of multigroup analysis showed that students’ task-avoidant behaviour had a moderating effect on the association between the quality of the teacher–student relationship and teachers’ visual focus of attention in the spring, but gender did not.

Keywords: teachers; teacherhood; teacher-pupil relationship; school children; gender

Free keywords: teachers’ visual focus of attention; teacher–student relationships; task-avoidant behaviour; gender; grade 1

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Reporting Year: 2024

Preliminary JUFO rating: 2