Social work practitioners and subjective well-being: Personal factors that contribute to high levels of subjective well-being

International Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 757-772

  Graham, John R ^a   Shier, Micheal L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

behaviors; identity; personal; relationships; social workers; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349239239     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872810368394     Document Type: Article

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