Children with different levels of hope: Are there differences in their self-esteem, life satisfaction, social support, and family cohesion?

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 499-514

  Merkaš, Marina ^a   Brajša Žganec, Andreja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IVO PILAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Children; Family cohesion; Hope; Life satisfaction; Self esteem; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255186211     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-011-9105-7     Document Type: Article

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