Coping strategies in Chinese social context

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-162

  Hsu, Wen Yau ^a   Chen, Mei Chueh ^a   Wang, Te Hsien ^b   Sun, Sung Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Hung Chi Psychiatric Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese coping strategies; Prosocial; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749101533     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2008.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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