Children's drawings provide a new perspective on teacher-child relationship quality and school adjustment

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-71

  Harrison, Linda J ^a   Clarke, Leanne ^b   Ungerer, Judy A ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's perspectives; School adjustment; Teacher child relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846907197     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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