Toward a further understanding of teachers' reports of early teacher-child relationships: Examining the roles of behavior appraisals and attributions

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-197

  Thijs, Jochem ^a   Koomen, Helma M Y ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early teacher child relationships; Kindergarten children; Relationship reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449150635     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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