Education Research International
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 9024687, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9024687
Research Article
The Relationship between Positive Well-Being and Academic Assessment: Results from a Prospective Study on Dental Students
Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
Received 24 April 2016; Revised 3 September 2016; Accepted 6 September 2016
Academic Editor: Gwo-Jen Hwang
Copyright © 2016 Cristina Teodora Preoteasa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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