Competitiveness among Japanese, Chinese, and American undergraduate students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 205-212

  Houston, John M ^a   Harris, Paul B ^a   Moore, Robert ^a   Brummett, Rebecca ^a   Kametani, Hideki ^b  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 27744472478     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.97.1.205-212     Document Type: Article

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