The contribution of social relationships to children's happiness

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-349

  Holder, Mark D ^a   Coleman, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Demographics; Family; Friendship; Happiness; Peers; Popularity; Social relations; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549144277     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-007-9083-0     Document Type: Article

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