A review of the brief multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-484

  Huebner, Scott E ^a   Seligson, Julie L ^b   Valois, Robert F ^a   Suldo, Shannon M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Montgomery County Public Schools   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Life satisfaction; Measurement; Youth

Indexed keywords

CHILD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; STUDENT;

EID: 33750693067     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-5395-9     Document Type: Article

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