Discourses on Well-Being

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 747-766

  Savahl, Shazly ^a   Malcolm, Charles ^a   Slembrouk, Stef ^b   Adams, Sabirah ^a   Willenberg, Ingrid A ^c   September, Roseline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department of Social Development ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child participation; Children; Discourses; Qualitative research; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945570278     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-014-9272-4     Document Type: Article

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