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Original Articles

Students’ perceptions of teachers’ interpersonal behaviour across four different school subjects: control is good but affiliation is better

Pages 729-744 | Received 19 Jan 2014, Accepted 31 Mar 2015, Published online: 22 Mar 2016

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