Students' perceptions of school climate in the U.S. and China

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-24

  Yang, Chunyan ^a   Bear, George G ^a   Chen, Fang Fang ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Blank, Jessica C ^a   Huang, Xishan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Classroom management; Cross cultural; Delaware School Climate Survey; Measurement invariance; School climate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875322212     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000002     Document Type: Article

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