A developmental framework for selecting indicators of well-being during the adolescent and young adult years

Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being: Completing the Picture

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 197-236

  Eccles, Jacquelynne ^a   Brown, Brett V ^b   Templeton, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

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EID: 84920441748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809693     Document Type: Chapter

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