Self-reported and actual use of proactive and reactive classroom management strategies and their relationship with teacher stress and student behaviour

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 693-710

  Clunies Ross, Penny ^a   Little, Emma ^a   Kienhuis, Mandy ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour management; Primary; Problem behaviour; Teaching efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749119852     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410802206700     Document Type: Article

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