Teacher Support and Adolescents' Subjective Well-Being: A Mixed-Methods Investigation

School Psychology Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-85

  Suldo, Shannon M ^a   Friedrich, Allison A ^a   White, Tiffany ^a   Farmer, Jennie ^a   Minch, Devon ^a   Michalowski, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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