Adolescents’ cheating and delinquent behavior from a justice-psychological perspective: the role of teacher justice

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 635-651

  Donat, Matthias ^a   Dalbert, Claudia ^a   Kamble, Shanmukh Vasant ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Justice motive; School cheating; Teacher justice; Youth delinquency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911959143     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-014-0218-5     Document Type: Article

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