Advancing child and adolescent well-being through positive youth development and prevention programs

Handbook of Child Well-Being: Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3025-3041

  Ferrer Wreder, Laura ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84964005465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8_164     Document Type: Chapter

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