How Russian teachers,mothers and school psychologists perceive internalising and externalising behaviours in children |
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| Authors: | Elena Savina Ludmila Moskovtseva Oksana Naumenko Anna Zilberberg |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, USA;2. Department of General and Developmental Psychology, Orel State University, Orel, Russiasavinaea@jmu.edu;4. Department of General and Developmental Psychology, Orel State University, Orel, Russia;5. Educational Research Methodology Program, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA;6. Evaluation Systems, Group of Pearson, Hadley, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study examined the perception of children’s internalising and externalising behaviours by Russian teachers, mothers and school psychologists. The participants rated their agreement about the causes, seriousness and recommended interventions for the problem behaviour of a fictitious girl/boy described in two vignettes. Mixed ANOVAs indicated that all the respondents attributed externalising behaviours to social causes to a greater degree than internalising behaviours. Compared to mothers and psychologists, teachers perceived both types of behaviours as more serious; however, they downplayed their own role in the child’s problems. Psychological help was more popular among school psychologists than among mothers. Correlational analyses demonstrated problem- and respondent-specific associations between casual attributions and recommended interventions. Implications for educational practice are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | causal attributions internalising and externalising behaviours interventions |
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