Development and Psychometric Properties of the Classroom Peer Context Questionnaire

Social Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 370-389

  Boor Klip, Henrike J ^a   Segers, Eliane ^a   Hendrickx, Marloes M H G ^b   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children's perceptions; Classroom; Peer context; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936156900     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12137     Document Type: Article

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