Advances in children's rights and children's well-being measurement: Implications for school psychologists

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-20

  Kosher, Hanita ^a   Jiang, Xu ^b   Ben Arieh, Asher ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child well being; Children's rights; School psychology; Subjective well being; United Nations Convention on Children's Rights

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; UNITED NATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; SCHOOLS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84897931304     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000051     Document Type: Article

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