Finding something good in the bad: the curvilinear emotional demand-conflict teacher–child relationship link

Although most studies link job stressors to negative teacher attitudes and behaviours, not all researches support the idea that stressors are solely detrimental. Using the cognitive relational theory of stress, the current study extends the emotional demand stressor (EDs) – conflict teacher–child relationship (TCR) link. Specifically, the study investigates (1) the nonlinear (curvilinear) association between emotional demand stressor and...