Testing the Personal Wellbeing Index on 12-16 Year-Old Adolescents in 3 Different Countries with 2 New Items

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-482

  Casas, Ferran ^a   Sarriera, Jorge Castellá ^b   Alfaro, Jaime ^c   González, Mònica ^a   Malo, Sara ^a   Bertran, Irma ^a   Figuer, Cristina ^a   da Cruz, Daniel Abs ^b   Bedin, Lívia ^b   Paradiso, Angela ^b   Weinreich, Karin ^c   Valdenegro, Boris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Domains; Personal wellbeing index; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; MODELING;

EID: 84855312057     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9781-1     Document Type: Article

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