Delaware School Climate Survey-Student: Its factor structure, concurrent validity, and reliability

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-174

  Bear, George G ^a   Gaskins, Clare ^a   Blank, Jessica ^a   Chen, Fang Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Program evaluation; School climate; Schoolwide positive behavior supports; Student perceptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 79955465573     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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