Pupils' causal attributions for difficult classroom behaviour

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-96

  Miller, Andy ^a   Ferguson, Eamonn ^a   Byrne, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Lancashire Educational Psychology Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 0040211602     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709900157985     Document Type: Article

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