Testing competing factor models underlying the Private Self-Consciousness scale with Hong Kong Chinese adolescents

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1245-1258

  Wu, Joseph Keung Fai ^a   Watkins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Factor structure; Hong Kong; Private self consciousness; Psychological adjustment; Self consciousness; Self Consciousness scale; Social life; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751393078     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.10.1245     Document Type: Article

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