Exploring parental aggression toward teachers in a public school setting

Current Issues in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-34

  May, David C ^a   Chen, Yanfen ^a   Johnson, Jerry ^b   Hutchinson, Lisa ^c   Ricketts, Melissa ^d  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parent teacher communication; Parental aggression; School violence; Teacher victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952835172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1099839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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