Parents' and pupils' causal attributions for difficult classroom behaviour

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-40

  Miller, Andy ^a   Ferguson, Eamonn ^a   Moore, Eleanor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Derby City Educational Psychology Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036516299     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709902158757     Document Type: Article

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