Children's perceptions of the relationship with the teacher: Associations with appraisals and internalizing problems in middle childhood

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-38

  Jellesma, Francine C ^a   Zee, Marjolein ^a   Koomen, Helma M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attachment; Attribution; Depression; Student teacher relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923368464     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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