A cross-cultural study of moral stage structure in Hong Kong Chinese, English, and Americans

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 700-713

  Ma, Hing Keung ^a   Cheung, Chau Kiu ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039930653     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022196276004     Document Type: Article

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