TABLE 1.
Descriptive results.
| N | % | M | SD | |
| Interaction quality | ||||
| Teacher interactions | 287 | 2.16 | 0.91 | |
| Peer interactions | 287 | 2.98 | 0.88 | |
| Task orientation | 287 | 4.43 | 0.81 | |
| Conflict interactions | 287 | 1.26 | 0.35 | |
| Relationship quality | ||||
| Teacher–child closeness | 275 | 33.25 | 6.08 | |
| Teacher–child conflict | 273 | 11.55 | 6.07 | |
| Professional competencies | ||||
| Beliefs on self-education | 85 | 4.01 | 0.62 | |
| Beliefs on co-construction | 85 | 4.55 | 0.43 | |
| Beliefs on instruction | 85 | 2.62 | 0.77 | |
| Work engagement | 85 | 4.76 | 0.87 | |
| Self-efficacy | 85 | 4.33 | 0.51 | |
| Child characteristics | ||||
| Gender of the children | 287 | |||
| girls | 141 | 49.13 | ||
| boys | 146 | 50.87 | ||
| Age of the children (in months) | 287 | 54.89 | 4.39 | |
| Language skills (T-value) of the children | 262 | 47.88 | 9.49 | |
| Child personality types | 282 | |||
| Overcontrollers | 69 | 24.47 | ||
| Undercontrollers | 88 | 31.21 | ||
| Resilients | 125 | 44.33 | ||
| Structural characteristics | ||||
| Child–staff ratio | 80 | 7.47 | 2.06 | |
| Work experience of the preschool teachers | 85 | 14.84 | 10.85 | |
| Number of children with immigration background per preschool class | 84 | 3.76 | 5.00 | |
| Adequate equipment in the preschool class | 85 | 2.24 | 0.42 | |
N = sample size, % = percent, M = mean, SD = standard deviation.