Can closeness, conflict, and dependency be used to characterize students' perceptions of the affective relationship with their teacher? Testing a new child measure in middle childhood

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 479-497

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children's perceptions; Gender differences; Questionnaire; Teacher child agreement; Teacher child relationship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL TEACHER; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOL TEACHERS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84946483755     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12094     Document Type: Article

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