Teachers' perceptions of conflict with young students: Looking beyond problem behaviors

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-136

  Hamre, Bridget K ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^a   Downer, Jason T ^a   Mashburn, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Problem behaviors; Student teacher relationships; Teacher judgments

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149129976     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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