How to grow up happy: An exploratory study on the meaning of happiness from children's voices

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-351

  Thoilliez, Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Growth; Happiness; Pedagogy; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960809192     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-011-9107-5     Document Type: Article

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