The teacher-child relationship and children's early school adjustment

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-79

  Birch, Sondra H ^a   Ladd, Gary W ^a  

^a 183 Children's Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children; School adjustment; Teacher child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031092786     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(96)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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