Classroom emotional climate, student engagement, and academic achievement

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 700-712

  Reyes, Maria R ^a   Brackett, Marc A ^b   Rivers, Susan E ^b   White, Mark ^b   Salovey, Peter ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Emotional climate; Emotional support; Engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874301090     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027268     Document Type: Article

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