Psychosocial predictors of psychological distress in Taiwanese secondary school boys and girls

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 419-431

  Hong, Zuway R ^a,c   Veach, Patricia McCarthy ^b   Lawrenz, Frances ^b  

^a Tainan Woman's College of Arts and Technology   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mental health; Psychological distress; Secondary school boys and girls; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644533385     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-6764-1     Document Type: Article

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