A cross-cultural study of anxiety among Chinese and Caucasian American University students

Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-63

  Xie, Dong ^a,c   Leong, Frederick T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Univepsfty of Central Arkansas ^*  (United States)

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EID: 41449108485     PISSN: 08838534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2008.tb00069.x     Document Type: Article

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