School social climate and teachers' perceptions of classroom behavior problems: A 10 year longitudinal and multilevel study

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-442

  LeBlanc, Line ^a   Swisher, Raymond ^b   Vitaro, Frank ^c   Tremblay, Richard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental trajectories of disruptive behaviors; High School; School Social climate; Teachers' perceptions of classroom behavior problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448932386     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-007-9027-x     Document Type: Article

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