Wellness and self-esteem among turkish university students

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-44

  Oguz Duran, Nagihan ^a   Tezer, Esin ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Culture; Self esteem; Turkish university students; Wellness

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849129588     PISSN: 01650653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10447-008-9066-9     Document Type: Article

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