State and Trait Anxiety: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Chinese and Caucasian Students in Canada

Current Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-111

  Lin, Merry C ^a   Endler, Norman S ^a   Kocovski, Nancy L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0041034686     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-001-1006-3     Document Type: Review

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