Emotional support, social goals, and classroom behavior: A multilevel, multisite study

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 611-627

  Wentzel, Kathryn R ^a   Muenks, Katherine ^b   McNeish, Daniel ^c   Russell, Shannon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian imputation; Emotional supports; Fixed effect random effect hybrid models; Prosocial and socially responsible behavior; Social goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040922834     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000239     Document Type: Article

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