One in three? Teachers’ attempts to identify low self-esteem children

Pastoral Care in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 25-30

  Miller, David ^a   Moran, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural characteristics; Self esteem; Selfperceptions; Teachers judgements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993748108     PISSN: 02643944     EISSN: 14680122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0122.2005.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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