Reciprocal effects of student-teacher and student-peer relatedness: Effects on academic self efficacy

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 278-287

  Hughes, Jan N ^a   Chen, Qi ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic self efficacy; Elementary students; Peer academic reputation; Peer acceptance; Teacher student relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052418010     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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