Preliminary development and validation of the social and emotional health survey for secondary school students

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1011-1032

  Furlong, Michael J ^a   You, Sukkyung ^b   Renshaw, Tyler L ^c   Smith, Douglas C ^d   O’Malley, Meagan D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WestEd   (United States)

Author keywords

Covitality; Mental health; Positive psychology; Positive youth development; Resilience; Social emotional learning; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923627773     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0373-0     Document Type: Article

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