Assessing student–teacher relationship quality in cross-cultural contexts: Psychometric properties of student–teacher relationship drawings

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Publication date 2022
Journal European Journal of Developmental Psychology
Volume | Issue number 19 | 5
Pages (from-to) 770–784
Number of pages 15
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE)
Abstract
The present study examined the psychometric properties of Student–Teacher
Relationship Drawings (STRDs) to assess student–teacher relationship quality in
a cross-cultural context. A sample of upper elementary school students from
both the Netherlands (N = 752) and China (N = 574) was included. Results
showed sufficient inter-rater reliabilities of all drawing dimensions for both the
Dutch (.68 < ICC < .84) and Chinese samples (.72 < ICC < .85). Multiple group
analyses supported partially strong invariance of STRD-dimensions across the
Dutch and Chinese samples. Relationship drawing dimensions also showed
moderate associations with student-reported relationship quality and engagement
across both the Dutch and Chinese sample. Future cross-cultural research
may therefore employ STRDs to assess students’ relationship experiences.
Document type Article
Note With supplementary file.
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2021.1952862
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