ERIC Number: EJ1124014
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
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Behavior Problems in Elementary School among Low-Income Boys: The Role of Teacher-Child Relationships
Collins, Brian Andrew; O'Connor, Erin Eileen; Supplee, Lauren; Shaw, Daniel S.
Journal of Educational Research, v110 n1 p72-84 2017
The authors identified trajectories of teacher-child relationship conflict and closeness from Grades 1 to 6, and associations between these trajectories and externalizing and internalizing behaviors at 11 years old among low-income, urban boys (N = 262). There were three main findings. Nagin cluster analyses indicated five trajectories for conflict with all children evidencing increases in conflict, and four trajectories for closeness with all children demonstrating decreases in closeness. Trajectories with higher levels of conflict and lower levels of closeness were associated with higher levels of externalizing and internalizing behavior problems at 11 years old. Moreover, conflictual teacher-child relationships exacerbated the effects of externalizing and internalizing behavior problems in early childhood; children with conflictual teacher-child relationships had higher levels of behavior problems in middle childhood relative to children with low conflictual teacher-child relationships. Implications of targeting teacher-child relationships as interventions to help prevent behavior problems are discussed.
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Elementary School Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Urban Youth, Males, Multivariate Analysis, Conflict, Behavior Problems, At Risk Students, Mothers, Longitudinal Studies, Elementary School Teachers, Check Lists, Child Behavior, Likert Scales, Measures (Individuals), Rating Scales, Parent Child Relationship, Personality, Depression (Psychology), Statistical Analysis, Demography, Predictor Variables, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Goodness of Fit, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 1; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Child Behavior Checklist; Student Teacher Relationship Scale; Attachment Q Set; Beck Depression Inventory
Grant or Contract Numbers: 50907ROI; 01666K2