Culture, family contexts, and children’s coping strategies in peer interactions

Peer Relationships in Cultural Context

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 264-280

  Xu, Yiyuan ^a   Farver, Jo Ann M ^b   Chang, Lei ^c   Yu, Lidong ^d   Zhang, Zengxiu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 74149083441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499739.012     Document Type: Chapter

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