Understanding the relationships between wellbeing, goal-setting and depression in children

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-161

  Street, Helen ^a   Nathan, Paula ^b   Durkin, Kevin ^a   Morling, Jonathan ^a   Dzahari, Mohamed Azahar ^a   Carson, Joel ^a   Durkin, Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Capital Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Depression; Happiness; Life goals; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; WELLBEING;

CHILD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1842840104     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01317.x     Document Type: Article

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