Validation of a U.S. Adult Social Self-Efficacy Inventory in Chinese Populations 1Ψ7

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-496

  Fan, Jinyan ^a   Meng, Hui ^b   Gao, Xiangping ^c   Lopez, Felix J ^d   Liu, Cong ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adult social self efficacy; cross cultural specificity; cross cultural validation; self construal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951963696     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000009352514     Document Type: Article

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