Teachers' reasoning about school fights, contexts, and gender: An expanded cognitive developmental domain approach

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-74

  Meyer, Heather Ann ^a   Astor, Ron Avi ^b   Behre, William J ^c  

^a WELLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Morality; Reasoning; School violence; Teachers

Indexed keywords

BIOSAFETY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BUILDING; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIGHTING; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MONITORING; MORALITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT; TEACHER; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0344945612     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(02)00115-5     Document Type: Article

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