Chinese family strengths and resiliency

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 143-164

  Xu, Anqi ^a   Xie, Xiaolin ^b   Liu, Wenli ^c   Xia, Yan ^d   Liu, Dalin ^e  

^a SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e Chinese Ancient Sex Culture Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese families and marriages; Family resiliencies; Family strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548645648     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v41n01_08     Document Type: Article

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