Moving away or fitting in? Understanding shyness in Chinese children

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 527-556

  Xu, Yiyuan ^a,b   Farver, JoAnn M ^b,c   Chang, Lei ^b,d   Zhang, Zengxiu ^b,e   Yu, Lidong ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g University Counseling Center

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EID: 41549147660     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.2008.0005     Document Type: Article

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