Cross-national adolescent multidimensional life satisfaction reports: Analyses of mean scores and response style differences

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-154

  Gilman, Rich ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^b   Tian, Lili ^c   Park, Nansook ^d   O'Byrne, Jenny ^e   Schiff, Miriam ^f   Sverko, Dina ^g   Langknecht, Heather ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e DUBLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ireland)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^h Psychological Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent life satisfaction; Cross national; Response style differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349000229     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9172-8     Document Type: Article

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