Collectivistic Conflict of Chinese in Counseling: Conceptualization and Therapeutic Directions

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 967-986

  Kwan, Kwong Liem Karl ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; collectivism; compromising self; filial piety; self cultivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349144536     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000009339974     Document Type: Article

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