TABLE 4.

Prediction of relationship quality through professional competencies.

	Teacher–child closeness			Teacher–child conflict
Predictors	B	SE	β	B	SE	β
Step 1
Professional competencies
Beliefs on self−education	−0.03	1.05	−0.00	0.25	1.05	0.03
Beliefs on co−construction	0.30	0.96	0.02	−1.70	0.86	−0.12#
Beliefs on instruction	−0.81	0.52	−0.10	0.66	0.55	0.08
Work engagement	2.48	0.71	0.35***	−0.42	0.65	−0.06
Self−efficacy	0.36	0.97	0.03	−2.27	1.02	−0.21*
R2 (R2 adjusted)	0.15	(0.13)		0.09	(0.07)
F	3.68**			1.77
Step 2
Professional competencies
Beliefs on self-education	−0.30	0.88	−0.03	0.04	0.80	0.00
Beliefs on co-construction	0.48	1.06	0.03	−2.11	0.94	−0.15*
Beliefs on instruction	−0.72	0.45	−0.09	1.00	0.41	0.13*
Work engagement	1.58	0.70	0.23*	−0.27	0.59	−0.04
Self-efficacy	1.70	0.94	0.15#	−2.30	1.01	−0.21*
Child characteristics
Gender (0 = girls, 1 = boys)	−0.91	0.57	−0.08	0.20	0.52	0.02
Age (in months)	0.18	0.08	0.14*	−0.14	0.09	−0.11
Language skills	0.03	0.04	0.05	−0.10	0.04	−0.17*
Overcontrollersa	−6.04	1.06	−0.44***	1.39	0.95	0.10
Undercontrollersa	−1.63	0.77	−0.13*	4.45	0.88	0.36***
Structural characteristics
Child–staff ratio	−0.42	0.24	−0.15#	0.21	0.25	0.07
Work experience	−0.04	0.04	−0.07	–0.04	0.04	−0.08
Number of children with immigration background per preschool class	0.06	0.14	0.04	0.13	0.10	0.09
Adequate equipment in the preschool class	0.52	1.00	0.04	0.74	0.70	0.05
R2 (R2 adjusted)	0.36	(0.32)		0.29	(0.24)
F	7.04***			5.58***
ΔR2	0.21***			0.20***

N = 225; B = unstandardized regression coefficient; SE = clustered robust standard error; β = standardized regression coefficient.

^aThe reference category is resilients.

^#p < 0.10, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.