Sociometric status and life satisfaction among Turkish elementary school students

Egitim Arastirmalari - Eurasian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn , Issue 32, 2008, Pages 69-82

  Kaya, Alim ^a   Siyez, Diǧdem M ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Peer relations; Sociometric status

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749094360     PISSN: 1302597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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