Confirmatory factor analysis and reliability of the Chinese version of a revised teacher efficacy scale among guidance teachers in Hong Kong

Psychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-78

  Yuen, Mantak ^a   Shek, Daniel T L ^b   Lam, Man Ping ^b   Lau, Patrick S Y ^b   Chan, Raymond M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Classroom management; Discipline; Guidance teachers; Hong Kong Chinese; Teacher efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041530149     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2003.67     Document Type: Article

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