School discipline and disruptive classroom behavior: The moderating effects of student perceptions

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-375

  Way, Sandra M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTHORITY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; SCHOOL; SOCIOPATHY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; AUTHORITARIANISM; FACULTY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LEADERSHIP; PUNISHMENT; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960628119     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2011.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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