A longitudinal study of student-teacher relationship quality, difficult temperament, and risky behavior from childhood to early adolescence

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 389-412

  Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz ^a   Reio, Thomas G ^b   Stipanovic, Natalie ^a   Taylor, Jennifer E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Maladaptive risk taking; Structural equation modeling; Student teacher relationships; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TEACHING; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING; TEACHING; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955919870     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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