Conceptions of success: Their correlates with prosocial orientation and behaviour in Chinese adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-42

  Cheung, Ping Chung ^a   Ma, Hing Keung ^b   Shek, Daniel T L ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONCEPTION; EGO; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0032006248     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1997.0127     Document Type: Article

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