“…Distracting behaviors are often attributed to students, but instructors have the potential to create distractions as well. For example, instructor disclosures that are negative, irrelevant, occur too frequently, contain intimate or sensitive information, or are otherwise perceived by students as inappropriate may distract students from focusing on course or learning objectives (Sidelinger, Nyeste, Madlock, Pollak, & Wilkinson, 2015;Zhang, Shi, Tonelson, & Robinson, 2009). Thus, this study examines both students and instructors as sources of distraction in the college classroom.…”