Applicability of the student-teacher relationship scale (STRS) in the Greek educational setting

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-120

  Gregoriadis, Athanasios ^a,c   Tsigilis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attachment; Gender differences; Parallel analysis; STRS; Teacher child relationships; Teachers' perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449089445     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282907306894     Document Type: Article

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