Self-esteem and life satisfaction in adolescents-gender and age as potential moderators

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2921-2928

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Self esteem; Subjective well being; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892818597     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0427-4     Document Type: Article

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