The inventory of teacher-student relationships: Factor structure, reliability, and validity among african american youth in low-income urban schools

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-525

  Murray, Christopher ^a   Zvoch, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

low income; school context; support; teachers teacher adolescent relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959211210     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431610366250     Document Type: Article

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