Initial development and validation of the multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale-adolescent version

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Gilligan, Tammy D ^a   Huebner, Scott ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Life satisfaction; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548528870     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-007-9026-2     Document Type: Article

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