The impact of residential context on adolescents' subjective well being

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 558-575

  Cicognani, Elvira ^a,b   Albanesi, Cinzia ^a   Zani, Bruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Emotional well being; Psychological well being; Residential context; Sense of community; SES; Social support; Stressful life events; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849132353     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.972     Document Type: Article

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