Assessment of major life events for Hong Kong adolescents: The Chinese adolescent life event scale

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-33

  Cheng, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent life stress; Chinese Adolescent Life Event Scale; Hong Kong adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031062713     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024641723920     Document Type: Article

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