A comparison of coping factors in western and non-western cultures

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 466-476

  Hwang, Chi en ^b   Scherer, Robert F ^a   Wu, Yan ^b   Hwang, Chien hou ^b   Li, James ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036548343     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.2.466     Document Type: Review

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