Stability of adolescents' multidimensional life satisfaction reports

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 421-425

  Antaramian, Susan P ^a   Huebner, Scott E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Life satisfaction; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350058514     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282909331744     Document Type: Article

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