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. 2018 Dec 17;9:2305. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02305

Table 2.

Study designs and paradigms for all 79 studies reviewed.

Reference Sample size Grade level Country/region Type of study Cross-sectional Measurement for attribution Dimensions of attributions
1. Algozzine and Stoller, 1981 46 teachers Special education United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
2. Andreou and Rapti, 2010 249 teachers Elementary Greece Survey Yes Mavropoulou and Padeliadu, 2002 Student misbehaviors
3. Arbeau and Coplan, 2007 202 teachers Kindergarten Canada Survey Yes Hastings and Coplan, 1999; Coplan et al., 2002 Student misbehaviors
4. Arcia et al., 2000 21 teachers Elementary United States Interview No (two interviews) Semi-structured interviews Student misbehaviors
5. Bar-Tal and Guttmann, 1981 8 teachers, 69 pupils, and 69 parents Elementary Israel Survey Yes Questionnaire adapted from Bar-Tal and Darom (1979) Academic performance
6. Beckman, 1976 9 teachers and 49 parents Elementary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
7. Bertrand and Marsh, 2015 19 teachers Elementary and secondary United States Interview, survey No (three interviews) Semi-structured interviews and self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
8. Bibou-Nakou et al., 1999 200 teachers Elementary Greece Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
9. Bibou-Nakou et al., 2000 200 teachers Elementary Greece Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
10. Brady and Woolfson, 2008 118 teachers Elementary United Kingdom Survey Yes Woolfson et al., 2007 Academic performance
11. Burger et al., 1982 17 teachers Elementary United States Survey No (three time points) Cooper and Burger, 1980 Academic performance
12. Butler, 1994 60 teachers (Study 1) Elementary Israel Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
13. Christenson et al., 1983 105 teachers Elementary United States Survey No (each referral occurrence) Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
14. Clark, 1997 97 teachers Elementary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
15. Conway, 1989 5 teachers Not specified United Kingdom Content analysis Yes Students’ end-of-year reports Academic performance
16. Cooper and Burger, 1980 39 teachers (Study 1) Elementary, secondary, and special education United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
17. Cooper and Lowe, 1977 8 teachers (Study 2) Elementary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
18. Cothran et al., 2009 23 teachers and 182 student Secondary United States Interview Yes Patton, 2002 Student misbehaviors
19. Ding et al., 2010 244 teachers Elementary and secondary China Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
20. Emmerich et al., 2006 1,792 teachers Elementary and secondary United States Survey Yes Emmerich et al., 2004 Academic performance
21. Espinoza et al., 2014 64 teachers Secondary United States Experiment No (four phases) Self-designed questionnaire Academic performance
22. Fennema et al., 1990 38 teachers Elementary United States Interview and survey Yes Structured interview and adapted questionnaire from Broverman et al. (1970) Academic performance
23. Georgiou, 2008 154 teachers and 159 student teachers Elementary Cyprus Survey Yes Georgiou et al., 2002b Academic performance
24. Georgiou et al., 2002a 277 teachers Elementary Cyprus Survey Yes Scale adapted from O’Sullivan and Howe (1996) Academic performance
25. Gibbs and Gardiner, 2008 455 teachers Elementary and secondary England and Ireland Survey Yes Scale adapted from Miller et al. (2000, 2002) Student misbehaviors
26. Gosling, 1994 160 teachers Secondary France Experiment Yes Self-developed questionnaires Academic performance
27. Graham, 1984a 2 teacher experimenters and 176 students Elementary United States Experiment Yes Self-developed questions Academic performance
28. Guskey, 1982 184 teachers Elementary and secondary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
29. Guttmann, 1982 28 teachers, 107 mothers, and 220 students Elementary Israel Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
30. Hall et al., 1989 214 teachers Elementary and secondary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
31. Ho, 2004 473 teachers Secondary Australia and Hong Kong Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
32. Hughes et al., 1993 55 teachers Elementary United States Survey and Interview Yes Medway, 1979 Student misbehaviors
33. Hui, 2001 214 teachers and 2,045 students Secondary Hong Kong Survey Yes Hui, 2001, 1997 Unpublished Student misbehaviors
34. Jackson, 2002 64 teachers, 3 school administrators, and 6 professionals Elementary United States Content analysis Yes School referral forms Student misbehaviors
35. Jager and Denessen, 2015 64 teachers Secondary Netherlands Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
36. Juvonen, 1988 4 teachers and 84 students Elementary Finland Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
37. Kauppi and Porhola, 2012 215 teachers Elementary and secondary Finland Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
38. Klassen and Lynch, 2007 7 teachers and 28 students Secondary, special education Canada Interview Yes Semi-structured questionnaire Academic performance
39. Kleftaras and Didaskalou, 2006 35 teachers and 323 students Elementary Greece Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
40. Kulinna, 2007 199 teachers Elementary and secondary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
41. Kurtz et al., 1990 102 teachers Elementary Germany and United States Survey Yes Questionnaire adapted from Carr et al. (1989) Academic performance
42. Matteucci, 2007 Study 1: 122 teachers; Study 2: 202 teachers Secondary Italy Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire extended upon and adapted from Reyna and Weiner (2001) Academic performance
43. Matteucci and Gosling, 2004 Study 1: 115 teachers; Study 2: 118 teachers Secondary Study 1: Italy; Study2: Italy and France Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
44. Matteucci et al., 2008b 126 teachers Elementary Italy Survey Yes Questionnaire adapted from Dubois and Le Poultier (1991) Academic performance
45. Mavropoulou and Padeliadu, 2002 305 teachers Elementary Greece Survey Yes Questionnaire adapted from Soodak and Podell (1994) Student misbehaviors
46. McAuliffe et al., 2009 12 teachers and 127 students Elementary United States Classroom observation, survey Yes Johnston et al., 2000 Student misbehaviors
47. McCormick, 1997 487 teachers Elementary and secondary Australia Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Occupational stress
48. McCormick and Shi, 1999 687 teachers Elementary and secondary Australia and China Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Occupational stress
49. McCormick and Solman, 1992a 387 teachers Elementary and secondary Australia Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Occupational stress
50. McCormick and Solman, 1992b 111 teachers Elementary and secondary Australia Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Occupational stress
51. Medway, 1979 Study 1: 30 teachers; Study 2: 24 teachers Study 1: Elementary and secondary; Study 2: Elementary United States Study 1: Interview; Study 2: Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student learning and behaviors
52. Miller, 1995 24 teachers Elementary United Kingdom Interview Yes Structured interview Student misbehaviors
53. Natale et al., 2009 16 teachers and 69 students Kindergarten Finland Survey No (two assessments) Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
54. Pirrone, 2012 370 teachers Elementary Italy Survey Yes Questionnaire adapted from Rousvoal (1987) Academic performance
55. Poulou and Norwich, 2000 391 teachers Elementary Greece Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
56. Prawat et al., 1983 58 teachers Elementary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
57. Rejeski and McCook, 1980 40 teachers Elementary United States Survey Yes Questionnaire adapted from Lowe et al. (1978) Academic performance
58. Reyna and Weiner, 2001 40 teachers (Study 2) Secondary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
59. Riley and Ungerleider, 2012 21 teachers Secondary Canada Interview Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
60. Rodriquez and Tollefson, 1987 155 teachers Elementary Costa Rica Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
61. Rolison and Medway, 1985 180 teachers Elementary United States Experiment Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
62. Ross et al., 1974 32 teachers and 32 students Elementary and secondary United States Experiment Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
63. Savina et al., 2014 80 teachers, 30 psychologists, and 99 parents Elementary Russia Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student misbehaviors
64. Soodak and Podell, 1994 110 teachers Elementary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Student learning and misbehaviors
65. Tõeväli and Kikas, 2016 53 teachers and 760 students Elementary Estonia Survey No (two assessments) Questionnaire adapted from Natale et al. (2009) and Upadyaya et al. (2012) Academic performance
66. Tollefson and Chen, 1988 161 teachers Elementary and secondary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
67. Tollefson et al., 1991 97 teachers Elementary and secondary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
68. Tollefson et al., 1990 44 teachers Elementary, secondary, and post-secondary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
69. Tom and Cooper, 1986 25 teachers Elementary United States Survey Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
70. Upadyaya et al., 2012 16 teachers and 69 students Kindergarten Finland Survey No (two assessments for students, two assessments for teachers) Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
71. Vernberg and Medway, 1981 30 teachers and 30 parents Elementary United States Interview Yes Self-developed interview questions Student misbehaviors
72. Vlachou et al., 2014 265 teachers Elementary Greece Survey Yes Clark, 1997 Academic performance
73. Wang et al., 2015 523 teachers Elementary and Secondary Canada Survey Yes McAuley et al., 1992 Occupational stress
74. Wiley and Eskilson, 1978 126 teachers Elementary United States Experiment Yes Self-developed questionnaire Academic performance
75. Wissink and de Haan, 2013 5 teacher and 54 parents/caregivers Elementary Netherlands Content analysis Yes Conversations between teachers and parents; Graham, 1991 Academic performance
76. Woodcock and Jiang, 2013 103 teachers Elementary and secondary China Survey Yes Questionnaire adapted from Clark (1997) and Woodcock and Vialle (2011) Academic performance
77. Woolfson and Brady, 2009 99 teachers Elementary United Kingdom Survey Yes Questionnaire adapted from Clark (1997) Academic performance
78. Woolfson et al., 2007 199 teachers Elementary United Kingdom Survey Yes Brady and Woolfson, 2008 Academic performance
79. Yehudah, 2002 51 teachers and 51 students Secondary Nigeria Survey Yes Students’ oral essays followed by self-developed questions Academic performance