The relationship between health efficacy, educational attainment, and well-being among 30 nations

European Psychologist

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-119

  Kirkcaldy, Bruce ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Siefen, Georg ^c  

^a International Center for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Westfalia Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Educational performance; Happiness; Health care systems; PISA; Socio economics; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644500238     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.9.2.107     Document Type: Review

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