The Chinese Positive Youth Development Scale: A Validation Study

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 380-391

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a   Siu, Andrew M H ^b   Yan Lee, Tak ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

assessment; Chinese adolescents; Hong Kong; positive youth development; validation study

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649101457     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731506296196     Document Type: Article

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