Multilevel Factor Structure and Concurrent Validity of the Teacher Version of the Authoritative School Climate Survey

Journal of School Health

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 843-851

  Huang, Francis L ^a   Cornell, Dewey G ^b   Konold, Timothy ^b   Meyer, Joseph P ^b   Lacey, Anna ^c   Nekvasil, Erin K ^d   Heilbrun, Anna ^b   Shukla, Kathan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Multilevel CFA; School climate; Student engagement; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VIRGINIA;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84945918401     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12340     Document Type: Article

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