Teachers can reduce kids' aggression
Developing a good and friendly relationship between first-graders and their teachers may reduce aggressive behavior in children, a study says.
Researchers at the University of Quebec at Montreal studied 217 identical and fraternal 7-year-old twin pairs to determine the effects of environment on their aggressive behavior.
Each twin had different teachers and classmates, which put them in different school environment despite enjoying almost a same family situation and background.
The level of participants' aggressive behavior and the amount of aggression they experienced from others were rated by their classmates while their teachers also rated the quality of their own relationship with each twin.
Mara Brendgen and her research team also estimated the genetic effects on aggression among each pair by comparing the similarity of their behaviors.
Those participants who had a warm, affectionate and open communication with their teacher were less likely to act aggressively or to be the target of classmates' aggression, Brendgen wrote in Child Development journal.
”Children’s relationships with teachers and with peers in school play a critical role in shaping their social-behavioral development,” Brendgen said.
”Teachers, next to parents, are the most influential adult in the child’s life, starting right from daycare. It’s clear from empirical evidence that teachers do play a major role.”
”Our study found that a good relationship with the teacher can protect genetically vulnerable children from being aggressive and, in consequence, from becoming the target of other children’s aggressive behavior,” she added.
Source: presstv.ir
