The association between teacher-student relationships (TSR) and Puerto Rican teachers’ well-being-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The association between teacher-student relationships (TSR) and Puerto Rican teachers’ well-being

Published:2024-01-17 Issue:3 Volume:34 Page:416-431
ISSN:2331-6950
Container-title:Revista Puertorriqueña de Psicologia
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Short-container-title:RePS

Author:

Trejo-Rivera Edwin^ORCID,Sanchez-Cardona Israel^ORCID

Abstract

Very little research has investigated the effect of Teacher-Student Relationships (TSR) on teachers’ well-being. Based on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) Model, this study aimed to examine the relationship between TSR and teachers’ mental health through work-related well-being. We analyzed the mediation role of work engagement and emotional exhaustion in the relationship between TSR and anxiety and depression symptoms. The sample included 179 educators across middle and high schools in Puerto Rico (PR). The results of regression-based mediation analyses indicated that TSRs have a significant indirect relationship with anxiety and depression symptoms through work engagement and emotional exhaustion. Our findings have theoretical and practical implications. TSR becomes evidently relevant within the JDR Model as a social resource and revindicates the need to develop positive TSR to improve educators’ emotional and work-related well-being.

Publisher

Asociacion de Psicologia de Puerto Rico

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