Power Struggle, Submission and Partnership: Agency Constructions of Mothers of Children with ADHD Diagnosis in Their Narrated School Involvement

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 674-690

  Honkasilta, Juho ^a   Vehkakoski, Tanja ^a   Vehmas, Simo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

ADHD; discourse analysis; home school cooperation; maternal agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943456057     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2014.965794     Document Type: Article

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