Subjective social indicators and child and adolescent well-being

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-575

  Casas, Ferran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Quality of life; Social indicators; Subjective; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255189494     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-010-9093-z     Document Type: Article

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