The pillars of strength for first-grade adjustment - Parental and children's character strengths and the transition to elementary school

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-326

  Shoshani, Anat ^a   Aviv, Ilanit ^b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

character; children; first grade; parents; school adjustment; strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863526646     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2012.691981     Document Type: Article

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