Psychological Development and Education ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 42-50.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2025.01.05

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The Effect of Criticism on Behavior Improvement Intention of Junior and Senior High School Students: The Effect of Teacher-student Relationship Intimacy

CHENG Yahua1, YAN Lin2, ZHANG Feng1   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211;
    2. Normal College, Weifang Institute of Technology, Weifang 262500
  • Published:2025-01-22

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Abstract: The current study aims to investigate the effect of criticism on teacher-student relationship intimacy and behavior improvement intention of junior and senior high school students, and test the hypothesized mediating effect of teacher-student relationship intimacy between criticism and behavior improvement intention. Results showed that, compared to outcome criticism: (1) For junior high school students, both person criticism and process criticism had a destructive effect on students’ teacher-student relationship intimacy, which in turn contributed to an decrease in their behavior improvement intention; (2) For senior high school students, process criticism could positively promote students’ perception of the teacher-student relationship intimacy, which had a subsequent positive effect on their behavior improvement intention. Person criticism, however, had a negative effect on students’ perception of the teacher-student relationship intimacy, which in turn negatively weakened their behavior improvement intention. These findings not only help to deeply understand the psychological mechanism of criticism undermining students to develop good behavior patterns, but also provide an accurate scientific basis for seeking criticism strategies for students’ behaviors in different academic stages.

Key words: criticism, teacher-student relationship intimacy, behavior improvement intention, junior high school students, senior high school students

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  • B844
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