A cross-cultural ranking of stressful life events in Germany, India, South Africa, and The United States

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 717-727

  McAndrew, Francis T ^a   Akande, Adebowale ^b   Turner, Saskia ^d   Sharma, Yadika ^c  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0032337365     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022198296003     Document Type: Article

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