scholarly journals Prevalence of Childhood Depression: The Effects of Teacher-Students Relationship as Predictor Factors to Depressive Symptoms

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Adel Tannous

The aims of this study are to determine the prevalence of depression among children, and scrutinize the teacher-student relationship as predictor factor to depressive symptoms according to the children's perception. The Jordanian translation of Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) was used in this study. The study was carried out among children in private and state schools within the age range of (7-13) in Amman city. The sample on which the study tools were applied consisted of 705 children. The results of this study indicate that the prevalence of moderate depression was the lowest (3.8%) at the age of 8 and the highest (5.8%) at the age of 11. The prevalence of severe depression was lowest (2.3%) at the age of 9 and highest (6.8%) at the age of 13. The results also show that there is no single cause of depression and it is difficult to separate the different causes. All the children with severe depression discuss how the teacher-student relationship as predictor factors to depressive symptoms. From the analysis of the results, specific reasons to teacher-student relationships that cause depressive symptoms are categorised into two basic factors these are: The teacher-student interaction, and peer influence.

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 2665-2673
Author(s):  
Parmanand Tripathi

Every teacher must realize that he/she needs to be highly motivated, committed, passionate, and optimistic towards his/her students as well as his/her teaching in order to create a positive and productive impact on the students and their learning outcomes. It is a proven fact that teachers who are sincere, caring, approachable, supportive and inspiring can easily enable their students to become enthusiastic, successful and creative learners. John Hattie, a proponent of Evidence Based Quantitative Research Methodologies on the Influences on Student achievement, who is also a Professor of Education and Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has noted in his study that a harmonious classroom can assist with the development of creativity as well as reduce anxiety levels amongst students. In my opinion, the primary objective of all effective and conscious teachers should be to promote a safe and healthy learning environment wherein students will feel confident, comfortable, happy and accepted. Time and again, I am convinced of the fact that only effective and conscious teachers understand, acknowledge and therefore, appreciate the significance of creating a rapport and bonding with their students for providing an education that is positive, productive and progressive. When teachers display a positive and congenial attitude towards their students, they not only make them ‘learn better, faster and deeper’ but make them self-confident and self-reliant too. Building positive, supportive, cooperative and mutually strong teacher-student relationships is the key to create a welcoming, healthy and conducive learning space in which students are enabled to thrive, prosper and go on to become what they are meant to be in life. And it is only by forging and nurturing a strong and positive relationship with their students, can teachers create a healthy and conducive learning atmosphere wherein students feel welcome, accepted, respected, loved and cared for, wherein learning becomes fun and joy. Conscious and committed teachers promote the art of positive parenting in every classroom and in every school to enable the students to become confident learners by willingly and happily shouldering the responsibility of being their ‘second parents’.When teachers teach with passion, display positive attitude towards their students and their success, and show genuine care for them, the students reciprocate with respect for their teachers, interest and love for their learning.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Dong ◽  
Hongfei Wang ◽  
Fang Luan ◽  
Zheneng Li ◽  
Li Cheng

Previous studies have demonstrated positive correlations between children’s interpersonal trust and social adjustment. However, the psychological mechanism underlying this effect is still unclear. The current study tested the indirect roles of teacher–student relationships from both students’ and teachers’ perspectives in a Chinese context. In total, 709 pupils from grade three to grade five, and their 17 head teachers from a Chinese public primary school participated in this study. The Children’s Generalized Trust Beliefs Scale, Social Adjustment Scale for Children and Adolescents, and Teacher–Student Relationship Questionnaire were used in this study. All these variables were correlated with each other. Structural equation models showed that the interpersonal trust indirectly influenced social adjustment through the teacher–student relationship from students’ perspectives, while the teacher–student relationship from teachers’ perspectives did not play an indirect role. These findings suggest that the teacher–student relationship perceived by students is more important for children’s social adjustment than that perceived by teachers. Both parents and teachers should pay more attention to developing children’s interpersonal trust, build better teacher–student relationships, and focus more on how children feel about the relationship.


2021 ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Hana Talita Margijanto ◽  
Margaretha Purwanti

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically reduced direct interactions between teachers and students during learning hours. As a consequence, teachers struggle to gauge the student’s ability and cannot fully understand the learning situation at home for each student, especially adolescents. This was experienced by PKBM X who since the pandemic has had profound trouble to reach out to their students. PKBM X is a non-formal high school that upholds the values of equality and democracy, and teachers bear a role to understand the condition of each student and try to help whenever necessary. However, according to interviews, some teachers are unsure about how to establish a relationship with students, especially in this time of pandemic. There are also teachers who are too involved emotionally with the student’s problems, to a point where they feel emotionally burdened. Utilizing the problem tree analysis, it is concluded that the relationship between teachers and students isn’t optimal. To that end, a training was designed to inform participants about positive teacher -student relationship, especially during pandemic. With this knowledge, teachers realized the importance of positive teacher -student relationships and how to initiate positive interactions in times of pandemic. Not only that, teachers are also taught to manage their expectations about the teacher -student relationship, so that teachers continue to provide support without being personally affected if the student is not easily approached. After the training, teacher’s knowledge about the positive teacher-student increased, and teachers were able to develop action plans for their students.Pandemi COVID-19 membuat interaksi langsung di jam belajar mengajar antara guru dan siswa berkurang. Guru menjadi sulit mengetahui pemahaman dan keadaan siswa.. Hal ini dialami oleh PKBM X yang sejak masa pandemi merasa sulit untuk menjangkau siswa. Padahal, PKBM X adalah sekolah yang menjungjung tinggi nilai kesetaraan dan kekeluargaan, dan guru memiliki peran untuk mengetahui kondisi siswa dan berusaha membantu. Hanya saja, berdasarkan wawancara, sejumlah guru ragu bagaimana menjalin interaksi dengan siswa, terutama di masa pandemi ini. Ada juga guru yang malah terlalu terlarut dengan masalah siswa, sehingga merasa terbeban secara emosional. Dengan metode analisis pohon masalah, ditemukan bahwa hubungan guru dan siswa di PKBM X pada saat ini kurang optimal. Untuk itu, dirancanglah sebuah pelatihan seputar pengetahuan membina hubungan guru dan siswa yang positif, terutama di masa pandemi ini. Dengan pengetahuan ini, guru diharapkan dapat menyadari pentingnya hubungan guru dan siswa yang positif serta bagaimana memulai interaksi positif di masa pandemi. Tak hanya itu, guru juga diajak untuk mengelola ekspektasi tentang hubungan guru dan siswa yang positif, sehingga guru tetap memberikan bantuan terbaiknya tanpa terdampak secara personal jika kondisi siswa tidak mudah dijangkau atau didekati. Melalui pelatihan ini, pengetahuan guru tentang hubungan guru dan siswa meningkat, dan guru dapat menentukan rencana aksi yang dapat mereka lakukan untuk siswa di PKBM X. 


At-Tafkir ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86
Author(s):  
Zulfahmi Syamsuddin ◽  
Asyraf Isyraqi Jamil ◽  
Fakhrul Adabi Abdul Kadir

This article discusses Jami 'al-Azhar as a center for the knowledge study and the holistic interaction of teacher-student relationships. On the other hand, the position of teachers continues to be marginalized in the digital era. Hence, it is pivotal to look back at the teacher-student relationship that has prevailed in the history of Islamic education, especially in Jami 'al-Azhar. The research methodology employed literature review with a historical approach through primary and secondary source analysis. This study found that Jami 'al-Azhar was a center for the Islamic studies and study of science, initially aimed as propaganda for the Kingdom of Fathimiyah to perpetuate Shi'i understanding. However, the rank continued to develop to give a role as a center of thought and knowledge that gave birth to scholars from various schools of thought. One of its uniqueness as a center for the study of science is to perpetuate the interaction of teacher-student relationships in various traditions. Among the most prominent traditions are sanad, ijazah, suhbah, and talaqqi. Therefore, it can be concluded that the practice of teaching at Jami 'al-Azhar is manifested through the knowledge geneology and mentor system


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 611-621
Author(s):  
Lucia Geneviave Bella Shinta ◽  
Adelia Febriani ◽  
Utami Widiati

Quality classroom management contributes to creating learning environment that allows the realization of various teacher roles. One way to support this is by building good teacher-student relationship. This study aims at describing the relationship between teachers and students at a kindergarten school in Malang and discusses its aspects in relation to classroom management principles. After conducting qualitative research using one-week classroom observation and literature study, this study found that almost all aspects of teacher-student relationship were identified, namely conducting informal conversations with students, paying attention to students’ activities, using physical gestures and movements, implementing positive interaction strategies, providing affirmative reactions to incorrect responses, and exhibiting an assertive connection. The other aspect that was missed was acknowledging students’ different characteristics


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-348
Author(s):  
Ervan Saleh Pratama

The research is based on the writer's interest in knowing how exactly the relationship between a teacher and student in the Quran perspective. The author uses Q.S. Al-Kahf verses 65 to 70 as a material to explore and extract due to its excellent educational encounter value in it. This thesis aims to find; Teachers' rights and obligations, pupil’s rights and obligations, both characters and their relationship behavior in the verses of Moses and Khidir action as mentioned in verses 65-70. This research is based on library research (Library Research) with primary data sources contains books of classical commentary and contemporary interpretation, while secondary data consists of educational books that discuss teacher-student relationships. Furthermore collected data is analyzed by using tahlili commentary method. The author finds that: the teacher-student relationship in the verses is a relationship based on close friendship relations with maintained ethical values and mutual understanding. Similarly, students are expected to understand the rights of teachers and should uphold the rights of teachers. The relationship model is essential to be well implemented in today's education system. Given the decline of student's ethics and also the presence of teachers who are less aware of their responsibilities. It is clear it is time to apply the concept of teacher-student relationship as in al-kahf verses 65 to 70.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Baru Peter ◽  
Zachariah Kariuki ◽  
Lucy Ndegwa ◽  
Johannes Njoka

The objective of this study was to establish the influence of teacher-student relationship on loneliness among secondary school students. The study was carried out in sub county public schools in Murang’a County, central region of Kenya. A cross sectional survey design was used. Stratified random sampling was used to get a sample of 592 participants from eight sub counties in Murang’a County. Loneliness was measured using Perth aloneness loneliness scale (PALs) while teacher-student relationship (TSR) was measured using ten statements with graded responses in a five point Likert scale developed for this study. The PAL and TSR scales together with personal data questions formed sections of self administered questionnaire. Administration of the questionnaire was done during normal school days by research assistants. The data was coded and analyzed using statistic program for social sciences (SPSS) version 20. Findings were that TSR was inversely and highly significantly related to loneliness. Regression analysis revealed that TSR predicts 16.2% of loneliness among students. The results are discussed in relation to implications in teacher training curriculum and loneliness counseling in schools.


1976 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 153-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Fluharty ◽  
John Mchugh ◽  
Marian Mchugh ◽  
Patty Willits ◽  
James Wood

Anxiety is defined, along with a contrasting definition of fear, and is discussed as a frequent concomitant of an instructional situation. Symptoms and possible causes of anxiety are described, specifically in regard to a teacher-student relationship in orientation and mobility instruction. A number of possible approaches are suggested by which the instructor may reduce or eliminate anxiety in the student, although it is understood that certain teacher-student relationships cause too much anxiety to be tenable.


2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Oreshkina ◽  
Katherine Greenberg

Teacher-student Relationships: The Meaning of Teachers' Experience Working with Underachieving Students This paper is based on phenomenological interviews with teachers who worked with underachieving students in South Africa, Russia, and the United States. It focuses on the analysis of meanings that teachers constructed while describing their relationship with underachieving students and how metaphors worked to construct such meanings. The researchers also used Buber's "I-Thou" concept as an interpretive lens to further understand the meanings of teacher-student relationships. The study concludes that the teacher-student relationship is one of the fundamental themes of the teaching experience and is common for teachers from different countries.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-406
Author(s):  
Khairiah Syahabuddin ◽  
Rahmi Fhonna ◽  
Ulfa Maghfirah

There are two main purposes navigated in this study; first of all, it was carried out to investigate the teacher-student relationship; secondly, it was also conducted to find out whether there was a correlation between teacher-student relationship and English teaching-learning process. A number of 14 teachers and 43 students participated in this study; they are from two publish junior high schools in Aceh, Indonesia. Questionnaires for the students and interviews with the teachers were used to discover the influence of the relationship between English teachers and students, and the problems that students faced during their interactions with the teachers. There were twenty-two items in the questionnaire and five questions in the interviews that the participants needed to answer. The collected data from the questionnaire were then analysed by using a Likert scale and the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, meanwhile, the data from the interviews were analysed by following the stages of Miles and Huberman‘s(1994) model. In the first junior high school, a significant correlation appeared between the teacher-student relationship and teaching-learning process, with the raw score of 0.745 that refers to a high correlation. The tcount was higher than the ttable (4.784≥2.100). However, at second junior high school, had no significant correlation detected between the two variables with the raw score of 0,401 that referred to moderate correlation, where tcount was lower than ttable (2.004≤2.097). This research is expected to have a beneficial impact on the English teaching-learning process especially in the areas of the two schools, where this study took place, as well as the teachers and educators from other institutions spread in Aceh and Indonesia in general.


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