How i feel about things: Psychometric data from a sample of spanish-speaking children

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-433

  Liberman, Lisa Clefberg ^a,c   Altuzarra, María Paz ^c   Ost, Lars Göran ^a   Ollendick, Thomas ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Instrumental study; Life satisfaction; Psychometric data; Quality of life; School children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866296060     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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