The challenging pupil in the classroom: The effect of the child on the teacher

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1802-1810

  Houts, Renate M ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b   Pianta, Robert C ^c   Arseneault, Louise ^b   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior genetics; childhood development; educational psychology; teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TEACHING; TWINS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650400333     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610388047     Document Type: Article

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