Construct validation of individuating and relating autonomy orientations in culturally Chinese adolescents

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-160

  Yeh, Kuang Hui ^a,b   Yang, Yung Jui ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Autonomy; Conformity; Detachment; Domain specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845434258     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2006.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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