The parents’ point of view on their interactions with teachers: developing a questionnaire based on the circumplex model
This article presents the development of a questionnaire, evaluating from the parents’ point of view their interactions with their child’s teacher. The underlying model is in line with researches on inter-individual relations based on the circumplex. The approach takes into account the specific characteristics of this type of model and confirms the presence of eight dimensions (for 32 items in total): directivity, support, empathy, sharing, uncertainty, dissatisfaction, aggressiveness and prescription. The different results give a convincing picture of the psychometric qualities of this instrument as well as the possibility of reducing dimensions to four more general factors. The questionnaire is available in the appendix: leads and recommendations for use are also discussed.