Developing indicators of confidence, character, and caring in adolescents

Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being: Completing the Picture

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 167-196

  Roth Herbst, Jodie ^a   Borbely, Christina J ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b National Center for Children and Families   (United States)

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EID: 79959365751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809693     Document Type: Chapter

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