Positive Indicators of Child Well-Being: A Conceptual Framework, Measures, and Methodological Issues

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-449

  Lippman, Laura H ^a   Moore, Kristin Anderson ^a   McIntosh, Hugh ^a  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child well being; Child well being frameworks; Indicators; Positive child development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255122800     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-011-9138-6     Document Type: Article

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