A teacher like me? Different approaches to examining personality similarity between teachers and students
| Autor: | Lisa E. Kim, Loes Abrahams, Gina Pancorbo, Filip De Fruyt, Mieke Decuyper, Jacob Arie Laros |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Social Sciences 050109 social psychology ATTRACTION teacher-student relationships RELATIVE IMPORTANCE Big Five profile agreement ACHIEVEMENT Similarity (psychology) SUPPORT Personality 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences PREDICTORS ASSUMED SIMILARITY METAANALYSIS media_common 05 social sciences personality similarity 050301 education ENGAGEMENT teacher liking MIDDLE SCHOOL Psychology 0503 education Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY |
| ISSN: | 0890-2070 1099-0984 |
| Popis: | Research suggests that people tend to like others more if they are similar rather than dissimilar to themselves. Likewise, students may tend to prefer teachers with whom they share similar personality characteristics. To test this hypothesis, we examined the role of personality similarity between students and teachers in predicting how much students liked their teachers. Secondary school students ( N = 634) provided self-reports and reported on their teachers’ personality using a Big Five personality scale. Their teachers ( N = 31) also provided self-reports. These reports were then used to compute three indices of similarity; i.e. perceptual similarity, actual similarity, and perceptual accuracy which were used to explain teacher liking. Multilevel linear models showed that perceptual similarity (computed as the profile agreement across student self- and teacher-ascribed Big Five traits) had the largest effect on teacher liking. Teachers described as more agreeable and conscientious were liked by their students more. Findings highlight the importance of considering students’ perceptions of personality similarity with their teachers for understanding how students feel “connected” to their teachers and positively interact with them. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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