Student violence against teachers: Teachers' well-being and the belief in a just world

European Psychologist

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Dzuka, Jozef ^a   Dalbert, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Teachers; Violence; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249063213     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.12.4.253     Document Type: Article

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