Factor Structure of the Chinese Virtues Questionnaire

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 680-688

  Duan, Wenjie ^a   Ho, Samuel M Y ^b   Yu, Bai ^c   Tang, Xiaoqing ^a   Zhang, Yonghong ^a   Li, Tingting ^a   Yuen, Tom ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; positive psychology; psychometric test; virtues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867062093     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731512450074     Document Type: Article

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