Chinese Singaporeans' lay beliefs, adherence to Asian values, and subjective well-being

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 822-827

  Wong, Y Joel ^a   Ho, Ringo M ^b   Li, Peiwei ^a   Shin, Minkyeong ^a   Tsai, Pei Chun ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Culture; Happiness; Lay beliefs; Singapore; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951672150     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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