Personality across the ethnic divide in Singapore: Are "Chinese Traits" uniquely Chinese?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 467-477

  Cheung, Shu Fai ^a   Cheung, Fanny M ^b   Howard, Rick ^c   Lim, Yan Hong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Police Psychological Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian cultures; Cross ethnic comparison; Personality assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745878595     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.12.023     Document Type: Article

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