Characteristics of adolescents who report very high life satisfaction

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-301

  Gilman, Rich ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Psychoeducational; Psychologist; Well being; Wife satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744800540     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9036-7     Document Type: Article

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