Factor Structure and Reliability of an Abbreviated Version of the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 5 Số 4 - Trang 651-657 - 2012
E. Scott Huebner1, Keith J. Zullig2, Runa Saha1
1Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
2West Virginia University, Morgantown WV, USA

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