Teachers' experiences with and expectations of children with incarcerated parents

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-290

  Dallaire, Danielle H ^a   Ciccone, Anne ^b   Wilson, Laura C ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal expectancy effects; Maternal incarceration; Teacher expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954563757     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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