Measuring Chinese psychological well-being with western developed instruments

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 492-511

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Norvilitis, Jill M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036917293     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA7903_06     Document Type: Article

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