The Subjective and Psychological Well-Being of Children in South Africa: a Population-Based Study
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Children; Subjective well-being; Eudaimonic well-being; Psychological well-being; South Africa; Children’s Worlds Survey; Confirmatory factor analysis;All these keywords.
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