Asian secondary school students’ help-seeking behaviour and preferences for counsellor characteristics

Pastoral Care in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 40-48

  Ang, Rebecca P ^a   See Yeo, Lay ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian students; Counselling; Ethnicity; Gender; Preferences; Secondary school students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547833438     PISSN: 02643944     EISSN: 14680122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0264-3944.2004.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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