Going beyond self-esteem to predict life satisfaction: The Chinese case

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-35

  Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua ^a   Cheung, Fanny M ^a   Bond, Michael Harris ^a   Leung, Jin Pang ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Self esteem; Social axioms; The Cross Cultural Personality Assessment Inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644974221     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2006.00182.x     Document Type: Review

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