Life satisfaction in early adolescence: Personal, neighborhood, school, family, and peer influences

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 889-901

  Oberle, Eva ^a   Schonert Reichl, Kimberly A ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assets; Early adolescence; Ecological context; Life satisfaction; Multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79958267351     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9599-1     Document Type: Article

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