Teachers’ Perceptions of School Organizational Climate as Predictors of Dosage and Quality of Implementation of a Social-Emotional and Character Development Program

Prevention Science

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1086-1095

  Malloy, Margaret ^a   Acock, Alan ^a   DuBois, David L ^b   Vuchinich, Samuel ^a   Silverthorn, Naida ^b   Ji, Peter ^c   Flay, Brian R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ADLER SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational capacity; Program implementation; School organizational climate; Social emotional and character development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ILLINOIS; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POVERTY AREAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84945496943     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-014-0534-7     Document Type: Article

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