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Affect of parental rejection on negative attention-seeking class room behaviors
P O Peretti1, D Clark, P Johnson
1Kennedy King College, 6300 South Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, Illinois-60621.
Abstract:
Of concern to teachers are students displaying classroom behaviors which are disruptive in attaining pupil success in learning and teacher success in teaching. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of parental rejection on negative attention-seeking classroom behaviors. It was also conducted to find out what particular parent might be more rejecting toward the respondents, and, what specific negative attention-seeking behaviors might be overtly demonstrated in the classroom by sex of subject. Results indicated a significant influence of parental rejection on negative attention-seeking classroom behaviors, the father as a more rejecting parent, and differences in observed behaviors by sex of subject.
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