Measuring school-related subjective well-being in adolescents

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-60

  Long, Rachel F ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^a   Wedell, Douglas H ^a   Hills, Kimberly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Fear factor; Life satisfaction; Negative affect; Positive affect; School satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMOTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; SCHOOL; STUDENT; STUDENT SATISFACTION; SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84855940947     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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