Classroom environment influences on aggression, peer relations, and academic focus

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-133

  Barth, Joan M ^a   Dunlap, Sarah T ^a   Dane, Heather ^a   Lochman, John E ^a   Wells, Karen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Children; Classroom environment; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642359483     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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