Classroom-based interventions and teachers' perceived job stressors and confidence: Evidence from a randomized trial in Head Start settings

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 442-452

  Zhai, Fuhua ^a   Raver, C Cybele ^b   Li Grining, Christine ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom based intervention; Confidence; Head Start; Perceived job stressors; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052297672     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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