Understanding the well-being of children and adolescents through homeostatic theory

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

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 635-661

  Cummins, Robert A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8_152     Document Type: Chapter

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