Commentary on trzesniewski and Donnellan (2010): A transdisciplinary perspective on young people's Well-Being

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-80

  Eckersley, Richard ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; health; trends; well being; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349258122     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691609357014     Document Type: Article

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