Student-teacher relationships and classroom climate in first grade: How do they relate to students' stress regulation?

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-263

  Ahnert, Lieselotte ^a   Harwardt Heinecke, Elena ^a   Kappler, Gregor ^a   Eckstein Madry, Tina ^a   Milatz, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

diurnal cortisol profiles; interaction levels; intercepts; relationship patterns; slopes

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FACULTY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 84860814968     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2012.673277     Document Type: Article

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