Well-being in middle childhood: An assets-based population-level research-to-action project

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 393-418

  Guhn, Martin ^a   Schonert Reichl, Kimberly A ^a   Gadermann, Anne M ^b   Marriott, Dan ^c   Pedrini, Lisa ^c   Hymel, Shelley ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Vancouver School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Middle childhood .Well being; Research to action; Social and contextual assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869414422     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-012-9136-8     Document Type: Article

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