Moderating effects of teacher-student relationship in adolescent trajectories of emotional and behavioral adjustment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 690-705

  Wang, Ming Te ^a   Brinkworth, Maureen ^b   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Effortful control; Misconduct; Parent child conflict; Teacher student relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876135873     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027916     Document Type: Article

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