Self-esteem and humor style as mediators of the effects of shyness on loneliness among Chinese college students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 686-690

  Zhao, Jingjing ^a,b   Kong, Feng ^a,b   Wang, Yonghui ^a,b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese college students; Humor style; Loneliness; Self esteem; Shyness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862792915     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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