Perceived stress and physical symptoms: The problem of the response set of social desirability in Hong Kong undergraduates *

Psychologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-54

  Lai, Julian C L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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