The association between sense of coherence and life satisfaction in adolescents

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1331-1338

  Moksnes, Unni K ^a   Løhre, Audhild ^a   Espnes, Geir A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Quality of life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885177828     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0249-9     Document Type: Article

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