Optimism and the school context

Handbook of Positive Psychology in Schools

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 51-64

  Boman, Peter ^a   Furlong, Michael J ^b   Shochet, Ian ^b   Lilles, Elena ^b   Jones, Camille ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203884089-14     Document Type: Chapter

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