ERIC Number: EJ950688
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug
Pages: 33
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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The Inventory of Teacher-Student Relationships: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity among African American Youth in Low-Income Urban Schools
Murray, Christopher; Zvoch, Keith
Journal of Early Adolescence, v31 n4 p493-525 Aug 2011
This study investigates the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Inventory of Teacher-Student Relationships (IT-SR), a measure that was developed by adapting the widely used Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachments (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987) for use in the context of teacher-student relationships. The instrument was field tested with a sample of African American students from low-income backgrounds (N = 171). An exploratory factor analysis was estimated with a randomly selected half of the sample. Three factors pertaining to Communication, Trust, and Alienation in relationships emerged. A confirmatory factor analysis was run on the remainder of the sample. Goodness-of-fit indices indicated that the three factor structure fit the data reasonably well. Scores on each of the three factors correlated with scores on other, existing measures of teacher-student relationship quality as well as with indicators of emotional, behavioral, and school-related adjustment. Implications for research on teacher-student relationships are discussed. (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: African American Students, Urban Schools, Low Income, Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Youth, Teacher Student Relationship, Reliability, Trust (Psychology), Alienation, Goodness of Fit, Scores, Correlation, Student Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment, Measures (Individuals), Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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