Teacher–child interactions: relations with children's self-concept in second grade

✍ Scribed by Geertje Leflot; Patrick Onghena; Hilde Colpin

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 155 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-7227
• DOI: 10.1002/icd.672

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study examined whether teacher–child interactions characterized by teacher involvement, structure, and autonomy support at the beginning of second grade predicted children's global, academic, social, and behavioural self‐concept at the end of second grade. The study was conducted in 30 second grade classrooms with 570 children and their teachers. Data included teacher reports of teacher–child interactions and child reports of self‐concept. Results showed that, when controlling for the initial level of self‐concept, children's social self‐concept was predicted by teacher involvement, structure, and autonomy support. In addition, teacher autonomy support predicted high academic self‐concept. Finally, these teacher–child interaction characteristics did not contribute to the behavioural and global self‐concept. The results were similar for boys and girls. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.