Social values and self-disclosure: A comparison of Chinese native, Chinese resident (in U.S.) and North American spouses

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Fitzpatrick, Jacki ^a   Liang, Shu ^b   Feng, Du ^a   Crawford, Duane ^a   Sorell, Gwendolyn T ^a   Morgan Fleming, Barbara ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

EID: 32644450210     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.37.1.113     Document Type: Review

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