Social functioning and adjustment in Chinese children: The imprint of historical time

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 182-195

  Chen, Xinyin ^a   Cen, Guozhen ^b   Li, Dan ^b   He, Yunfeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 14844290285     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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