Multicultural coping: Chinese Canadian adolescents, male gender role conflict, and psychological distress

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-100

  Wester, Stephen R ^a   Kuo, Ben C H ^b   Vogel, David L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d E005A Lagomarcino Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian men; Coping; Gender role conflict; Multicultural; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746413346     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1524-9220.7.2.83     Document Type: Article

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