Teacher anger: New empirical insights using a multi-method approach

Anger is a very common emotion for teachers with potential adverse effects for themselves and their students. The aim of this research was to thoroughly explore teacher anger, determine and operationalize its contextual triggers and components, and establish its relationships with teachers' emotional labor, well-being, and self-efficacy. Through a series of four independent studies using diverse methodological and analytical approaches and involving over 3000 teachers, it was established that teacher anger is a multi-faceted construct evoked by diverse contextual triggers (i.e. students, parents, colleagues, educational system). These facets can be successfully assessed via self-report and meaningfully relate to external variables. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.