Perceived parental favoritism and suicidal ideation in Hong Kong adolescents

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-252

  De Man, Anton F ^a   Wong, Iris N ^b   Leung, Patrick W L ^b  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Child rearing; Favoritism; Parental control; Parental warmth; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038116699     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2003.31.3.245     Document Type: Article

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