Workplace stress and the quality of teacher-children relationships in Head Start

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 57-69

  Whitaker, Robert C ^a,b   Dearth Wesley, Tracy ^a   Gooze, Rachel A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Head start; Teacher; Teacher children relationships; Workplace stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928109530     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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