Culture, social class, and independence-interdependence: The case of Chinese adolescents

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-351

  Hamamura, Takeshi ^a   Xu, Qinmei ^b   Du, Yushen ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Culture; Independence interdependence; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTENTION; CHINA; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880588932     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2011.647030     Document Type: Article

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