Environmental correlates of wellbeing among final-year high school students

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-111

  Horstmanshof, Louise ^a   Punch, Renee ^a   Creed, Peter A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Depression; Personality; Social contact; Time structure; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849131330     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530701477746     Document Type: Article

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