Child and teacher reports of teacher-student relationships: Concordance of perspectives and associations with school adjustment in urban kindergarten classrooms

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-61

  Murray, Christopher ^a   Murray, Kelly M ^b   Waas, Gregory A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kindergarten students; School adjustment; Teacher student relationships; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749094263     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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