Autonomy in Family Decision Making for Chinese Adolescents: Disentangling the Dual Meaning of Autonomy

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1184-1209

  Chen, Beiwen ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^a   Beyers, Wim ^a   Soenens, Bart ^a   van Petegem, Stijn ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

autonomy; basic psychological need satisfaction; cultural orientation; decision making; independence; internalization; self determination theory; self endorsement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883140299     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113480038     Document Type: Article

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