The impact of sibling status on Chinese college students' quality of life

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-242

  Edwards, Glen D ^a   Bangert, Art W ^b   Cooch, Gregory ^c   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   Bi, Yongyi ^d   Rappe, Paula ^e  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese students; Only children; Quality of life; Sibling; WHOQOL 100

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944362114     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2005.33.3.227     Document Type: Article

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