Reactions to environmental stressors: Gender differences in the slums of Dhaka and Islamabad

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 100-119

  Ruback, R Barry ^a   Begum, Hamida A ^b   Tariq, Nahem ^c   Kamal, Anila ^c   Pandey, Janak ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d Centre of Excellence in Psychology ^*

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EID: 0038443998     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022102033001007     Document Type: Review

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