The reciprocal relations between teachers' perceptions of children's behavior problems and teacher-child relationships in the first preschool year

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-198

  Zhang, Xiao ^a,b   Sun, Jin ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

externalizing problem; internalizing problem; reciprocal relationship; teacher child closeness; teacher child conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957838813     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2010.528077     Document Type: Article

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