“…As a potential stressor in the school environment, teacher-child conflict may be emotionally upsetting to young children, yielding negative behaviors. It has been established that, during the years of elementary school, highly conflictual relationships with a teacher can cause serious behavioral issues, especially in the realm of social skills and interactions (Doumen, Versehuerer, Buyse, Germeiis, Luyckx, & Soenens, 2008;Mantzicopoulos, 2005;Pianta, Mashburn, Downer, Hamre, & Justice, 2008). They can also inhibit good academic performance (Di Lalla & Wright-Phillips, 2004) and positive attitudes toward school work (Hamre & Pianta, 2001;Hamre & Pianta, 2007) and increase the risk of the child's missing school on a regular basis (Birch & Ladd, 1997).…”