Teachers' causal attributions for behaviour problems in relation to perceptions of control

Educational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-202

  Mavropoulou, Sophia ^a   Padeliadu, Susana ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 2442423218     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410120115256     Document Type: Article

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