Influence of Air Temperature on School Teachers’ Mood and the Perception of Students’ Behavior

Salvador Boix-Vilella, Elena Saiz-Clar, Eva León-Zarceño and Miguel Angel Serrano
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Salvador Boix-Vilella: Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Isabel I, 09003 Burgos, Spain
Elena Saiz-Clar: Department of Methodology in the Behavioural Sciences and Health, UNED, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Eva León-Zarceño: Departamento de Ciencias del Comportamiento y Salud, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
Miguel Angel Serrano: Department of Psychobiology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-13

Abstract: This study investigates how temperature, inside and outside the classroom, influence teachers’ mood and mental fatigue as well as the perceived students’ behavior. Two daily random measurements of the temperature inside various classrooms were taken for 7 months. Mood, mental fatigue, and perception of students’ behavior were evaluated for the teachers. Daily external temperature data were obtained from the State Agency of Meteorology. Results showed that indoor temperature, indoor humidity, and the difference between outdoor/indoor temperature significantly explain a worse perception of mood of the teachers and a worse perception of students’ behavior that influences perception of students’ behavior.

Keywords: school building; air temperature; teaching quality; teachers’ mood; students’ behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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