Life satisfaction in adolescents: The effects of perceived family economic status, self-esteem and quality of family and peer relationships

Drustvena Istrazivanja

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 547-564

  Raboteg Šarić, Zora ^a   Brajša Žganec, Andreja ^a   Šakić, Marija ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IVO PILAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Economic status; Life satisfaction; Parenting practices; Self esteem; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649091070     PISSN: 13300288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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