Children’s Subjective Well-Being Measured Using a Composite Index: What Impacts Spanish First-Year Secondary Education Students’ Subjective Well-Being?

Ferrán Casas1, Armando Bello2, Mònica González1, Mireia Aligué1
1Institut de Recerca sobre Qualitat de Vida, Universitat de Girona (UdG), Girona, Spain
2Research Department, UNICEF-Spain, Madrid, Spain

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