Teacher-Child relationships from kindergarten to sixth grade: Early childhood predictors of teacher-perceived conflict and closeness

Social Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 915-945

  Jerome, Elisabeth M ^a   Hamre, Bridget K ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Closeness; Conflict; Elementary; Teacher child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349206327     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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