A Population Study of Victimization, Relationships, and Well-Being in Middle Childhood

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1529-1541

  Guhn, Martin ^a   Schonert Reichl, Kim A ^a   Gadermann, Anne M ^a   Hymel, Shelley ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Depressive symptoms; Life satisfaction; Population based study; Social relationships with adults and peers; Victimization; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886641714     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9393-8     Document Type: Article

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