The Three Dimensions of the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale: CFA Validation in a Preschool Sample

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-263

  Solheim, Elisabet ^a   Berg Nielsen, Turid Suzanne ^b   Wichstrøm, Lars ^b  

^a NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

community sample; confirmatory factor analysis; dependency; preschool children; Student Teacher Relationship Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861818990     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282911423356     Document Type: Article

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