Reciprocal Relations between Teacher-Child Conflict and Aggressive Behavior in Kindergarten: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Doumen, Sarah; Verschueren, Karine; Buyse, Evelien; Germeijs, Veerle; Luyckx, Koen; Soenens, Bart
Titel	Reciprocal Relations between Teacher-Child Conflict and Aggressive Behavior in Kindergarten: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37 (2008) 3, S.588-599 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Structural Equation Models; Conflict; Kindergarten; Preschool Teachers; Young Children; Teacher Student Relationship; Student Behavior; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konflikt; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Frühe Kindheit; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Belgien
Abstract	In recent developmental theorizing, it has been hypothesized that teacher-child conflict and children's externalizing behavior affect one another reciprocally over time. However, the relation between teacher-child conflict and externalizing behavior has been mainly studied from a unidirectional point of view. Therefore, this study aimed to test the hypothesis of bidirectionality by means of a cross-lagged longitudinal design with kindergarten teacher reports on core variables at 3 measurement occasions in 1 year. Structural equation modeling with data of 148 kindergartners provided evidence for the hypothesis of bidirectionality. Specifically, results supported a transactional sequence in which children's aggressive behavior at the beginning of kindergarten led to increases in teacher-child conflict midyear, which in turn led to an increase of aggressive behavior at the end of the kindergarten school year. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10