Teachers’ Perspective of Their Alliance with Students and Detection of Child Maltreatment

María Teresa Vozmediano-Collado, David Gil Pareja, Virgilio García-Aparicio, Francisca Angélica Monroy García () and Andrea Pérez-Rodríguez
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María Teresa Vozmediano-Collado: Facultad de Educación, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, 28691 Madrid, Spain
David Gil Pareja: Facultad de Educación, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, 28691 Madrid, Spain
Virgilio García-Aparicio: Facultad de Educación, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, 28691 Madrid, Spain
Francisca Angélica Monroy García: Department of Educational Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Andrea Pérez-Rodríguez: Facultad de Salud, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain

Social Sciences, 2025, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: Introduction: The aim of this study is to explore variables relating to teacher–student relationships, and their association with the detection of child maltreatment in secondary schools (12–18 age range), given that child and adolescent abuse is under revealed and underreported, and teachers play an important role in identifying and detecting it. Method : 662 teachers from secondary schools from different autonomous communities in Spain answered a self-administrated questionnaire. Results : This study revealed that while theoretical knowledge of the issue goes hand-in-hand with a higher self-reported ability to recognize cases among students, the same does not hold true of the teachers’ real detection capacity. Nonetheless, a relationship of trust with students and addressing child maltreatment in the classroom contributes to a better real detection capacity by teachers, relating this information to the possible existence of a teacher–student alliance. Discussion : We propose a trust-constructed relationship between both agents, named the teacher–student alliance. Prospective : These results point to the need for further research into the association and characteristics of teacher–student alliances on the identification in schools of cases of child maltreatment.

Keywords: child maltreatment; teaching staff; teacher–student alliances; secondary education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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