The Longitudinal Relationships Between Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction at School and School-Related Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 353-372

  Tian, Lili ^a   Chen, Huan ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Basic psychological needs satisfaction at school; Longitudinal; School related subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886864147     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0495-4     Document Type: Article

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