Locating the child centrally as subject in research: Towards a child interpretation of well-being

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 423-435

  Fattore, Tobia ^a   Mason, Jan ^b   Watson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children as subjects; Epistemology; Ontology; Research methodology; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869422504     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-012-9150-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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