The incremental validity of positive emotions in predicting school functioning

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 397-408

  Lewis, Ashley D ^a   Huebner, Scott E ^a   Reschly, Amy L ^b   Valois, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Positive emotions; Strengths based assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350048028     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282908330571     Document Type: Article

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