Young children's perceptions of teacher-child relationships: An evaluation of two instruments and the role of child gender in kindergarten

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 428-438

  Spilt, Jantine L ^a   Koomen, Helma M Y ^a   Mantzicopoulos, Panayota Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Children's perceptions; Kindergarten; Sex differences; Teacher child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649507991     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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