Elementary school teachers' strategies to handle externalizing classroom behavior: A study of relations between perceived control, teacher orientation and strategy preferences

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-102

  Rydell, Ann Margret ^a   Henricsson, Lisbeth ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disciplinary strategies; Externalizing behavior; Perceived control; Teacher orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642618572     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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