It’s not our fault! Explaining why families might blame the school for failure to complete a high-school education

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 609-616

  Gausel, Nicolay ^a  

^a ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blame; Embarrassing; Failure; Moral; Rejection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916935491     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: 15731928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-014-9267-5     Document Type: Article

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