A Social-Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Academic Predictors of Adolescents' Life Satisfaction

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-69

  Suldo, Shannon M ^a   Shaffer, Emily J ^a   Riley, Kristen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic correlates; global life satisfaction; high school students; school satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349094116     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1045-3830.23.1.56     Document Type: Article

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