Publications by authors named "Irena Buric"

Self-efficacy beliefs have cyclical nature as they enhance performance and performance, in turn, influences subsequent self-efficacy beliefs. Likewise, teacher self-efficacy is proposed to shape teaching quality which, in turn, informs future teacher self-efficacy beliefs. To examine these associations, longitudinal studies are needed but are still sparse.

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Although a lot is known about how teachers influence student motivation, evidence on the importance of student engagement for teacher well-being is lacking. In addition, studies investigating the effects of student behavior on teachers have mostly focused on the between-person perspective while neglecting the within-person processes. Thus, in the present study, we examined longitudinal associations between perceived student behavioral and emotional engagement and disaffection and teacher well-being (i.

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The present daily diary study among 587 Canadian primary and secondary school teachers assessed teachers' genuine expression, faking, hiding of happiness and enthusiasm, and their daily associations with perceived student emotional and behavioral engagement. Moreover, we measured teachers' trait enjoyment before and after the diary study to examine whether teacher trait enjoyment predicted the use of emotional labor strategies that, in turn, were related to teachers' perceptions of their students' engagement. In addition, we examined whether perceived student engagement predicted future levels of teacher trait enjoyment.

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Previous research has suggested that higher levels of teachers' self-efficacy (TSE) tend to be positively related to positive teachers' emotions (e.g., joy, pride) and negatively to negative teachers" emotions (e.

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Background: One of the resources that may prevent burnout and foster the work engagement of teachers is Principal support. In this study we aimed to further explore the links between Principal support and work engagement and burnout, by testing the role of the teachers' emotions and the educational levels of primary schools.

Objectives: Testing 1) the mediating role of teachers' emotions in explaining the relationship between perceived Principal support and work engagement and burnout, 2) differences in tested constructs, and the structural equivalence of the proposed relationship among constructs, between teachers from two educational levels of primary schools.

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The aim of this study was to examine the reciprocal relations between discrete emotions that teachers typically experience while teaching and interacting with students (i.e., joy, love, anger, and hopelessness) and emotional labour strategies (i.

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