Middle school students' perceptions of quality of life

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-24

  Huebner, E Scott ^a   Valois, Robert F ^b   Paxton, Raheem J ^b   Drane, J Wanzer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Demographics; Perceived quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244451453     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-004-1170-x     Document Type: Article

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