Values Affirmation to Improve Teachers' Outcomes

May 3, 2021 updated by: Wake Forest University

Can a Values Affirmation Improve the Classroom Outcomes and Well-being of K-12 Teachers?

The purpose of this project is to examine whether a values affirmation intervention improves teacher-student relationships, classroom performance, and well-being of first-year teachers.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

500

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • North Carolina
      • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27103
        • Wake Forest University (via online survey tool)

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must be teachers (current or prospective) affiliated with the Relay Graduate School of Education in the targeted classes/programs
  • Must consent to participate and begin the experimental (values affirmation or control) exercise

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Note: Our primary hypotheses focus on the effects of values affirmation for first-year teachers, particularly White first-year teachers at majority minority schools. Participants who are not White first-year teachers will be permitted in the study, but will not be included in confirmatory analyses.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Control
The "control" condition of a standard values affirmation intervention
Behavioral: Active control exercise
In the active control condition, participants spend 10-15 minutes completing a guided reflection regarding values that are not personally important but could be important to someone else (see Logel and Cohen, 2012; Brady, Griffiths, & Cohen, in prep).
Experimental: Values affirmation
The "treatment" condition of a standard values affirmation intervention
Behavioral: Values affirmation exercise
In the experimental values affirmation condition, participants spend 10-15 minutes completing a guided reflection regarding values that are personally important (see Logel and Cohen, 2012; Brady, Griffiths, & Cohen, in prep).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Student-teacher relationships
Time Frame: Approximately 6 months post-intervention

Teachers will complete a survey that includes a 4-item scale to assess the quality of their relationships with students (scale: 1=not at all true for me; 5=extremely true for me)

  1. I have a good relationship with my students.
  2. My students have a positive opinion of me.
  3. I feel comfortable interacting with my students.
  4. My students respect me.
Approximately 6 months post-intervention
Teacher well-being
Time Frame: Approximately 6 months post-intervention

Teachers will complete a survey that assesses their well-being. Average scores for the individual scales (below) will be computed. Scales will then be averaged to create a composite score. Due to space constraints, the full text of the scales is available on the project's OSF page at https://osf.io/ju5gh/.

Burnout (7 items; scale: 1=not at all true for/of me, 5=very much true for/of me; reverse-scored for composite)

Self-integrity (3 items; scale: 1=strongly disagree, 7=strongly agree)

Belonging (3 items; scale: 1=strongly disagree, 7=strongly agree)

Belonging uncertainty (2 items; scale: 1=strongly disagree, 7=strongly agree) [reverse-scored for composite]

Perceived stress (4 items; scale: 1=never, 5=very often) [reverse-scored for composite]
Approximately 6 months post-intervention
Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) - "Instructional Support" dimension
Time Frame: Approximately 6 months post-intervention
To assess quality of teachers' instruction, we will use the "instructional support" dimension of the CLASS (https://curry.virginia.edu/classroom-assessment-scoring-system). Coding will be conducted by staff from the Relay Graduate School of Education or their designees.
Approximately 6 months post-intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Wake Forest University

Collaborators

Stanford University
Relay Graduate School of Education

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 27, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 4, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

June 4, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 4, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 21, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

January 27, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 6, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 3, 2021

Last Verified

May 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • WakeFU

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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