Building life satisfaction through attachment to mother and beliefs about the world: Social axioms as mediators in two cultural groups

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-239

  Mak, Miranda Chi Kuan ^a   Han, Yvonne Ming Yee ^a   You, Jianing ^a   Jin, Mingxuan ^a   Bond, Michael Harris ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attachment to mother; Life satisfaction; Social axioms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952474929     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670903456455     Document Type: Article

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