The assessment of marital adjustment with Chinese populations: A study of the psychometric properties of the dyadic adjustment scale

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 453-465

  Lim, Ben K ^a   Ivey, David ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; Dyadic adjustment scale; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360795     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007801018478     Document Type: Article

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