Achievement orientation and fear of success in Asian American college students

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-108

  Lew, Angela S ^a   Allen, Rhianon ^a   Papouchis, Nicholas ^a   Ritzler, Barry ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFLICT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031972855     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199801)54:1<97::AID-JCLP11>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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