Social support: Relations to coping and adjustment during the transition to university in the People's Republic of China

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-143

  Sha, Tao ^a   Qi, Dong ^a   Pratt, Michael W ^b   Hunsberger, Bruce ^c   Pancer, S Mark ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039619892     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558400151007     Document Type: Article

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