Sex, competitiveness, and intimacy in same-sex friendship in Hong Kong adolescents

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-48

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Chan, Alfred C M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033074109     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.1.45     Document Type: Article

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