Intimacy and psychosocial adjustment in hong kong chinese adolescents

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-151

  Chou, Kee Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0034202886     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320009596701     Document Type: Article

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