Assessing aspects of the teacher–child relationship: A critical ingredient of a practice-oriented psycho-diagnostic approach

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 50-60

  Koomen, Helma M Y ^a   Verschueren, Karine ^b   Thijs, Jochem T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 47649132032     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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